Basketball Game Preview: Surry Central Golden Eagles vs. East Surry Cardinals

By Team Reports Feb 19, 2024, 3:18am

Preview: Surry Central Golden Eagles vs. East Surry Cardinals

Surry Central is 2-8 against East Surry since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Surry Central Golden Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the East Surry Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Surry Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Friday.

Surry Central's recent rough patch got a bit rougher after their third straight loss. Their tough 52-31 defeat to East Surry might stick with them for a while. Surry Central has not had much luck with East Surry recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Sierra Carpenter, who scored six points along with nine rebounds. It was the first time this season that she pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Layla Wall, who scored seven points along with five rebounds and three steals.

Surry Central has not been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-10 record this season. As for East Surry, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.

Surry Central might still be hurting after the 52-31 loss they got from East Surry in their previous meeting on Friday. Can Surry Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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