Basketball Game Preview: Lee County Yellow Jackets vs. Apex Friendship Patriots

Lee County is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Apex Friendship is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lee County Yellow Jackets will welcome the Apex Friendship Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

Lee County's tournament run continued when they took on Green Hope on Saturday. Lee County came up short against Green Hope, falling 56-33. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 288th, while the Falcons are ranked 132nd).

While Apex Friendship didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 56-48 win over Steward on Saturday.

Apex Friendship has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Lee County, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.

Lee County and Apex Friendship were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January, but Lee County came up empty-handed after a 41-40 loss. Will Lee County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.