Basketball Game Preview: Hunt Warriors vs. Smithfield-Selma Spartans

Hunt has gone 10-0 against Smithfield-Selma recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Hunt Warriors just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hunt has three straight victories, Smithfield-Selma has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Hunt is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 75-62 win over Fike on Monday. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly 13 points.

Hunt got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Austin Joyner out in front who went 9 for 12 on his way to 23 points and five boards. Those 23 points gave Joyner a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Pridgen, who went 6 of 12 en route to 16 points.

Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma was beaten by C.B. Aycock 92-41 last Friday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 543rd, while the Golden Falcons are ranked 217th).

Hunt has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.1 points per game. As for Smithfield-Selma, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.

Hunt strolled past Smithfield-Selma when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 65-51. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Smithfield-Selma's James Bell, who went 9 for 10 on his way to 21 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hunt still be able to contain Bell? There's only one way to find out.