The Hiwassee Dam Eagles will square off against the Albemarle Bulldogs on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hiwassee Dam is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They breezed past Starmount to the tune of 82-38.
Meanwhile, Albemarle had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.9 points) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 72-21 victory over the Yellow Jackets. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 344th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Albemarle pushed their record up to 23-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.6 points over those games. As for Hiwassee Dam, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
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