The West Henderson Falcons will face off against the Smoky Mountain Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Smoky Mountain will be up against a hot West Henderson team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. West Henderson strolled past East Henderson with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 55-38. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Eagles are ranked 379th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Smoky Mountain fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 56-25 win over North Henderson. The Mustangs pushed the score to 51-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights cut but never quite recovered from.
West Henderson pushed their record up to 11-8 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Smoky Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-13 record this season.
West Henderson was able to grind out a solid win over Smoky Mountain in their previous meeting on January 3rd, winning 53-46. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Henderson since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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