The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets will challenge the Erwin Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Forest Hills and Parkwood meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Yellow Jackets fell just short of the Wolf Pack by a score of 65-62. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (58), the Yellow Jackets still had to take the loss.
Forest Hills might have lost, but man, Amari Melton was a machine: he shot 71% from the field to rack up 25 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Truth Rorie, who went 6-for-13 en route to 18 points.
Meanwhile, Erwin came up short against North Buncombe on Wednesday and fell 81-69. The loss continues a trend for the Warriors in their meetings with the Black Hawks: they've now lost four in a row.
Forest Hills will have to contain Jeremiah Norton as he made an impact in Erwin's last game. He dropped a double-double with 35 points and 15 boards. Thanks to that strong game, Norton now owns an excellent 45.3% field goal percentage. Jackson Davis was another key player, almost dropping a double-double with ten points and nine rebounds.
Forest Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Erwin, their loss dropped their record down to 8-18.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest-scoring teams around. Forest Hills hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 66.7 points per game. However, it's not like Erwin struggles in that department as they've been averaging 58 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can put up more Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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