The Fairmont Golden Tornadoes will head out on the road to challenge the Heide Trask Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fairmont had no problem doing just that on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 59-38 margin over the Knights. Fairmont has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Heide Trask had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.7 points), and they went ahead and made it 19 on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Martin County and snuck past 70-67. Given Heide Trask's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while Martin County is ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fairmont is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Heide Trask, their victory was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-4.
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