North Gaston hasn't had much luck against Kings Mountain recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The North Gaston Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Kings Mountain Mountaineers at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
It was a proper cat-fight when North Gaston duked it out withForestview on Monday. North Gaston fell to Forestview 65-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (58), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Kings Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 75-70 heartbreaker at the hands of Huss. While losing is never fun, the Mountaineers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Huskies are ranked 77th).
Despite the defeat, Kings Mountain saw an underclassman step up: freshman Xavier Hutchens went 10 for 17 on his way to 25 points and eight rebounds. Those 25 points set a new season-high mark for Hutchens. The team also got some help courtesy of Kee'Donn Linney, who posted 16 points and seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Kings Mountain smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in 13 consecutive matches.
Kings Mountain now has a losing record at 6-7. As for North Gaston, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8.
North Gaston was dealt a bruising 89-44 loss at the hands of Kings Mountain when the teams last played back in February of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Gaston was down 53-28.
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