The Union Pines Vikings's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southern Lee Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on February 13th. 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 365th, while Southern Lee is ranked 88th).
Union Pines fought the good fight in their overtime match against Hoke County on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell to the Bucks 54-49. Union Pines has not had much luck with Hoke County recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Southern Lee earned a 61-53 victory over Hoke County on Tuesday.
Union Pines dropped their record down to 10-11 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Southern Lee, their victory bumped their record up to 18-3.
Union Pines suffered a grim 72-47 defeat to Southern Lee when the teams last played back in January. Can Union Pines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
