The Hobbton Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the North Duplin Rebels at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Hobbton is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Union: they outscored them in every quarter. Hobbton put the hurt on Union with a sharp 66-40 win on Tuesday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 51-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Spartans had little chance of recovering from.
Hobbton's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Richard Simpson, who posted 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Amir Tate, who put up 18 points.
Meanwhile, North Duplin waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 56-50 W against the Eagles.
Hobbton is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points over those games. As for North Duplin, their victory bumped their record up to 9-10.
Hobbton suffered a grim 82-61 defeat to North Duplin when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Duplin's Anthony Kornegay, who had 26 points. Now that Hobbton 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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