The Kinston Vikings will face off against the Goldsboro Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Kinston knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 12 contests -- so hopefully Goldsboro likes a good challenge.
Last Tuesday, Kinston didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Wallace-Rose Hill, but they still walked away with a 59-53 victory.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Goldsboro). They breezed by Princeton to the tune of 85-57 on Friday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 236th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 561st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win made it two in a row for Goldsboro and bumps their season record up to 7-8. As for Kinston, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3.
Kinston couldn't quite finish off Goldsboro when the teams last played back in January of 2024 and fell 48-45. Can Kinston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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