Basketball Game Preview: Pulaski County Cougars vs. Cave Spring Knights

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Previous Games

01/21/25 - Home	63-43 W
02/16/24 - Home	74-31 W
01/18/24 - Away	54-36 W
12/12/23 - Home	60-40 W
02/03/23 - Home	76-43 W
+ 5 more games

Pulaski County has gone 10-0 against Cave Spring recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Pulaski County Cougars will square off against the Cave Spring Knights at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pulaski County has three straight victories, Cave Spring has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Friday, Pulaski County earned a 53-45 win over Blacksburg.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 68-29, which was the final score in Cave Spring's tilt against Salem on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Spartans are ranked 43rd).

Pulaski County pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Cave Spring, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.

Pulaski County took their win against Cave Spring in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a conclusive 63-43. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pulaski County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.