Basketball Game Preview: North Henderson Knights vs. Smoky Mountain Mustangs

North Henderson is on a seven-game streak of home losses, Smoky Mountain a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Thursday. The North Henderson Knights will welcome the Smoky Mountain Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

North Henderson is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against East Henderson on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. North Henderson was beaten by East Henderson 62-25. The Knights were down 48-20 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.

Meanwhile, Smoky Mountain came up short against Franklin on Tuesday and fell 59-50.

North Henderson's loss dropped their record down to 2-20. As for Smoky Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.

North Henderson took a serious blow against Smoky Mountain when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 56-25. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Smoky Mountain's Aaliyah Voss, who went 8 of 13 en route to 22 points and three steals. Now that North Henderson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.