East Hall is 2-8 against Cherokee Bluff since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The East Hall Vikings will challenge the Cherokee Bluff Bears at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Tuesday, East Hall took their matchup with ease, bagging a 62-18 win over Monroe Area. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Purple Hurricanes are ranked 372nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Bluff was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past West Hall 70-22. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 20 points or more this season.
Cherokee Bluff is also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.1 points per game. As for East Hall, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-9.
East Hall suffered a grim 62-40 defeat to Cherokee Bluff in their previous meeting on January 9th. Can East Hall avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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