Basketball Game Preview: North Davidson Black Knights vs. Asheboro Blue Comets

North Davidson hasn't had much luck against Asheboro recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The North Davidson Black Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Asheboro Blue Comets 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.

North Davidson is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They took a 74-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ledford. While losing is never fun, the Black Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 431st, while the Panthers are ranked 152nd).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Asheboro). They blew past Montgomery Central, posting an 87-34 victory. The win continues a trend for the Blue Comets in their matchups with the Timberwolves: they've now won nine in a row.

Asheboro's victory bumped their record up to 14-7. As for North Davidson, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.

North Davidson came up short against Asheboro when the teams last played last Tuesday, falling 66-54. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Asheboro's Osiris Rodriguez, who went 9-for-15 en route to 21 points and seven boards. Now that North Davidson knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.