The West Iredell Warriors will square off against the Foard Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for West Iredell and 11 for Foard.
On Friday, West Iredell didn't have quite enough to beat St. Stephens and fell 87-85. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Warriors have suffered against the Indians since December 17, 2018.
West Iredell might have lost, but man, Jordan Patterson was a machine: he went 16 for 23 en route to 42 points and seven rebounds. That was a full 49.4% of West Iredell's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Phillip Maxey, who went 5 of 10 on his way to 15 points and five steals.
Meanwhile, Foard didn't have quite enough to beat North Iredell on Friday and fell 64-61. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Foard's loss dropped their record down to 1-17. As for West Iredell, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
West Iredell took their win against Foard when the teams last played on January 3rd by a conclusive 82-62. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Iredell since the team 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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