Having just played yesterday, the Seventy-First Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the South View Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Seventy-First is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
On Tuesday, Seventy-First earned a 50-40 victory over Jack Britt. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 270th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely South View's strategy against Purnell Swett on Tuesday. South View put the hurt on Purnell Swett with a sharp 57-34 win. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Seventy-First has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.1 points per game. As for South View, their record is now 16-4.
Seventy-First lost to South View on the road by a decisive 62-44 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Seventy-First avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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