Basketball Game Preview: Hunt Warriors vs. South Johnston Trojans

The Hunt Warriors will challenge the South Johnston Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hunt knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully South Johnston likes a good challenge.

Hunt is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing West Johnston: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hunt blew West Johnston out of the water with a 70-41 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-17.

Hunt found their leader in sophomore Na'Sir Hines, who went 8 for 11 on his way to 21 points and six boards. Hines' evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Ny'Gir Alston, who went 5 of 6 en route to 11 points and five rebounds.

Hunt was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Johnston only racked up seven assists.

Meanwhile, South Johnston didn't have too much trouble with Smithfield-Selma on Thursday as they won 60-43. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.

Hunt has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for South Johnston, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.

Hunt skirted past South Johnston 56-54 in their previous meeting back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was South Johnston's Cole Norris, who went 7 for 9 on his way to 23 points and seven boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hunt still be able to contain Norris? There's only one way to find out.