St. Stephens is 8-2 against Foard since December of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The St. Stephens Indians will host the Foard Tigers at 7:45 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for St. Stephens and nine for Foard.
St. Stephens is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Statesville on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Stephens lost 75-51 to Statesville. The Indians were down 57-37 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
| 01/17/25 @ Statesville | 10 |
| 01/14/25 vs East Lincoln | 13 |
| 01/09/25 vs North Lincoln | 3 |
| 01/07/25 @ Hickory | 7 |
| 01/03/25 vs North Iredell | 11 |
Despite the defeat, St. Stephens had strong showings from Jachavis Sherrill, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten boards, and Noah Vanbeurden, who went 8 of 16 en route to 20 points. With that strong performance, Sherrill is now averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds per game. Javian White was another key player, putting up four points along with seven boards and five assists.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 83-49, which was the final score in Foard's tilt against Hickory on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 594th, while the Red Tornadoes are ranked 56th).
Foard's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for St. Stephens, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
St. Stephens was able to grind out a solid victory over Foard in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, winning 82-72. Does St. Stephens have another victory up their sleeve, or will Foard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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