Burns hasn't had much luck against Kings Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The two teams will face off at 7:30 p.m. without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Burns' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
On Tuesday, everything went Burns' way against Highland Tech as Burns made off with an 82-58 victory. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Kings Mountain had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 82-58 margin over the Storm. Given the Mountaineers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Storm are ranked 459th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Burns' win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-4. As for Kings Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7.
Burns and Kings Mountain were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but Burns came up empty-handed after a 64-63 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kings Mountain's Kee'Donn Linney, who posted 26 points and five boards. Now that Burns knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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