Basketball Game Preview: Avery County Vikings vs. Draughn Wildcats

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 2:39am

Preview: Avery County Vikings vs. Draughn Wildcats

The Avery County Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Draughn Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Avery County will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.

Even though Mitchell scored an imposing 60 points on Tuesday, Avery County still came out on top. Avery County managed a 64-60 win over Mitchell.

Avery County's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Caroline Hollifield, who scored 19 points, and Zoie Mcclarrin, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Mcclarrin has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Marley Jones, who scored nine points along with two steals.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 75-26, which was the final score in Draughn's tilt against Mountain Heritage on Tuesday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Draughn has scored all season.

Avery County is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Draughn, their loss dropped their record down to 9-15.

Avery County didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Draughn in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 57-53 victory. Does Avery County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Draughn turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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