Basketball Recap: Robbinsville Piles Up the Points Against Highlands

Black Knights

Previous 3 Games

01/23/25 vs Highlands	60-17
01/21/25 @ Swain County	81-54
01/14/25 vs Hiwassee Dam	80-44

Robbinsville entered their tilt with Highlands on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took their match with ease, bagging a 60-17 victory over the Highlands Highlanders. The Black Knights pushed the score to 58-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Highlanders cut but never quite recovered from.

Robbinsville's win bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Highlands, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Robbinsville won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Cherokee at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Cherokee has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 206 points over their last three matchups. As for Highlands, they and Summit Charter will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Highlands is facing Summit Charter at the right time seeing as Summit Charter is stuck on a five-game losing streak.