Having just played yesterday, the Cherokee Braves will head out on the road to face off against the A.C. Reynolds Rockets at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cherokee can't be too worried about heading out to take on A.C. Reynolds: they just beat Andrews at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Cherokee sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 65-63 victory over Andrews on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Braves have posted against the Wildcats since January 12, 2021.
Meanwhile, A.C. Reynolds had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.4 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They walked away with a 73-62 victory over the Jets. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Jets are ranked 479th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cherokee's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points per game. As for A.C. Reynolds, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Cherokee skirted past A.C. Reynolds 92-89 in their previous matchup back in December of 2015. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cherokee since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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