The Myers Park Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Lake Norman Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Myers Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Reagan as Myers Park made off with a 74-53 win. 74 seems to be a good number for the Mustangs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Lake Norman had already won 17 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 18 on Friday. Everything went their way against the Titans as they made off with an 85-63 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Titans are ranked 55th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Myers Park has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.1 points over those games. Lake Norman's victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 27-1.
Myers Park strolled past Lake Norman in their previous meeting back in February of 2022 by a score of 77-59. The rematch might be a little tougher for Myers Park 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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