The Union Pines Vikings will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Southern Lee Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. Union Pines will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 379th, while Southern Lee is ranked 88th).
Union Pines pushed their score all the way to 64 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 78-64 to Pinecrest, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Kingsley Donaldson, who scored 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Leonard, who scored 15 points.
Meanwhile, Southern Lee waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins but they left with three. They secured a 54-48 W over Lee County.
Union Pines dropped their record down to 10-14 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Southern Lee, their win bumped their record up to 20-3.
Things could have been worse for Union Pines, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 60-46 loss to Southern Lee when the teams last played on Tuesday. Can Union Pines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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