King George is 2-8 against Courtland since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The King George Foxes will look to defend their home court against the Courtland Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
King George is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Culpeper County with a 67-62 win two weeks ago. With that victory, the Foxes brought their scoring average up to 50.3 points per game.
| 12/19/24 @ Culpeper County | 17 |
| 02/01/24 vs James Monroe | 9 |
| 01/05/24 vs Caroline | 9 |
| 12/18/23 @ Stafford | 6 |
| 01/23/24 vs Courtland | 6 |
King George can attribute much of their success to Xavier Pryor, who posted 24 points, and Aiden Wright, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 17 rebounds. Those 17 boards gave Wright a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Smoot, who earned ten points.
Meanwhile, Courtland came up short against James Monroe on Monday and fell 66-58.
Courtland's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-5. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.3 points per game. As for King George, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-4.
King George suffered a grim 54-29 defeat to Courtland when the teams last played back in January. Thankfully for King George, Joshua Hartsfield (who went 7 of 11 on his way to 16 points and six rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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