Basketball Game Preview: Asheboro Blue Comets vs. Northwest Guilford Vikings + How To Watch

The Asheboro Blue Comets will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against the Northwest Guilford Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

If Asheboro beats Northwest Guilford with 62 points on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Blue Comets blew past Trinity, posting a 62-26 victory. The Blue Comets haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

The home team had won the previous five meetings between Northwest Guilford and Northern Guilford, and Northern Guilford kept the tradition alive. The Vikings were just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 83-82 to the Nighthawks. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (66), the Vikings still had to take the loss.

Northwest Guilford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Asheboro, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.