Basketball Game Preview: Currituck County Knights vs. Gates County Red Barons + How To Watch

The Currituck County Knights will head out on the road to take on the Gates County Red Barons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Currituck County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.

Currituck County is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since December 28, 2024 on Friday. They lost 69-44 to South Central. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Knights, who until this game were averaging 29.5 points allowed.

Arianna White

Steals

12/12/25 @ South Central	5
12/11/25 @ Holmes	7
12/05/25 vs Camden County	8
12/02/25 vs Perquimans County	8
02/28/25 vs Southern School of Energy and Sustainability	5
+ 14 more games

Currituck County's loss came about despite a quality game from Arianna White, who posted 18 points along with five boards and five steals. White has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 19 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Amani Dawson, who put up ten points.

Meanwhile, Gates County entered their tilt with Hertford County on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bears 65-33. The Red Barons pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears had little chance of recovering from.

Having lost for the first time this season, Currituck County fell to 3-1. As for Gates County, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.

Currituck County came up short against Gates County in their previous meeting back in December of 2019, falling 43-38. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.