Preview: Lee County Yellow Jackets vs. Union Pines Vikings
Lee County is 0-10 against Union Pines since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lee County Yellow Jackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Union Pines Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, Lee County made easy work of Western Harnett and carried off a 76-50 victory.
Lee County relied on the efforts of Nic Farrow, who scored 23 points along with 5 rebounds and 5 steals, and Jayden Hill, who scored 21 points along with 6 assists and 5 steals. The match was Farrow's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah McKendall, who scored 9 points.
Meanwhile, Union Pines came tearing into Friday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against South Johnston by a score of 78-69.
Aiden Leonard was his usual excellent self, scoring 29 points along with 5 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Union Pines' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zion Kiser, who scored 11 points along with 3 steals.
The losses dropped Lee County to 1-2 and Western Harnett to 0-7.
Lee County came up short against Union Pines in their previous meeting back in January, falling 74-70. Will Lee County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
