Statesville has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the North Lincoln Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Statesville's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 11 matches.
Even though St. Stephens scored an imposing 64 points on Monday, Statesville still came out on top. Statesville took their matchup against St. Stephens 76-64. The victory was just what Statesville needed coming off of a 89-64 defeat in their prior matchup.
Statesville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Mekiaun Davis, who scored 20 points along with three steals. Kevin Bryant was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, North Lincoln had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.8 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Foard 70-68. 70 seems to be a good number for North Lincoln as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Kellen Karr, who scored 25 points along with six rebounds and five steals. He is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 11 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ty Sanders, who scored 13 points.
Statesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season. As for North Lincoln, they pushed their record up to 20-5 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Statesville came up short against North Lincoln in their previous meeting back in January, falling 94-83. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Karr, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and ten rebounds. Now that Statesville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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