Basketball Game Preview: North Stokes Vikings vs. South Stokes Sauras

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Previous Games

02/27/24 - Home	46-37 W
02/21/24 - Neutral	33-27 W
02/13/24 - Home	46-42 W
01/18/24 - Away	59-37 W
02/13/23 - Neutral	42-41 W
+ 5 more games

North Stokes has gone 8-2 against South Stokes recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The North Stokes Vikings will be playing at home against the South Stokes Sauras at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

South Stokes is facing North Stokes at the wrong time: North Stokes suffered their first home loss of the season on Wednesday and they're likely out for redemption. They came up short against the Rams, falling 45-25. The game marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Meanwhile, South Stokes scored the most points they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell to Starmount 65-61. The Sauras' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

South Stokes' loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 7-5. As for North Stokes, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-2.

North Stokes was able to grind out a solid victory over South Stokes when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 46-37. Will North Stokes repeat their success, or does South Stokes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.