Basketball Game Preview: Kinston Vikings vs. South Lenoir Blue Devils

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01/03/25 - Home	72-42 W
01/26/24 - Away	77-23 W
01/11/24 - Home	73-31 W
01/20/23 - Away	65-35 W
01/06/23 - Home	68-40 W
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Kinston has gone 10-0 against South Lenoir recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Kinston Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the South Lenoir Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Kinston's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.

Kinston is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Goldsboro: they outscored them in every quarter. Kinston came out on top against Goldsboro by a score of 61-53 on Saturday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Cougars are ranked 236th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, South Lenoir was beaten by Ayden - Grifton 85-49 on Monday. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Chargers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Kinston has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for South Lenoir, they now have a losing record at 7-8.

Everything came up roses for Kinston against South Lenoir when the teams last played on January 3rd, as the squad secured a 72-42 victory. In that game, Kinston amassed a halftime lead of 40-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.