Cherokee and Hayesville are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2021, but not for long. The Cherokee Braves will square off against the Hayesville Yellowjackets at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cherokee will head into Wednesday's matchup eager for some revenge after what happened against A.C. Reynolds: Cherokee managed to slip by A.C. Reynolds the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. Cherokee was outmatched by A.C. Reynolds and fell 92-58. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 433rd, while the Rockets are ranked 147th).
Meanwhile, Hayesville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They breezed by the Bobcats to the tune of 69-27. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Yellowjackets had established a 34 point advantage.
Hayesville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Cherokee, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6.
Cherokee strolled past Hayesville when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 70-52. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cherokee 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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