The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls will take on the Marvin Ridge Mavericks on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hickory Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They had just enough and edged out Mallard Creek 37-34. The win was all the more spectacular given the Ragin' Bulls' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Mavericks are ranked ninth).
Meanwhile, Marvin Ridge came tearing into Friday's contest with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.4 points), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Whirlies by a score of 59-50.
Hickory Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points over those games. Marvin Ridge pushed their record up to 23-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Hickory Ridge won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in November of 2022, slipping by Marvin Ridge 67-66. Will Hickory Ridge repeat their success, or does Marvin Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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