The Swain County Maroon Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Robbinsville Black Knights at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Swain County has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Robbinsville will arrive with nine straight wins.
Swain County is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Franklin on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Swain County was dealt an 86-28 defeat at the hands of Franklin. While losing is never fun, the Maroon Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 580th, while the Panthers are ranked 155th).
Meanwhile, Robbinsville didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Hayesville on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 47-43 victory. The 47-point effort marked the Black Knights' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Swain County's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Robbinsville, they pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Swain County took a serious blow against Robbinsville in their previous meeting back in January, falling 81-54. Can Swain County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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