The Statesville Greyhounds will square off against the St. Stephens Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Statesville's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 12 matches.
Statesville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by North Iredell to the tune of 88-47 on Wednesday. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Raiders are ranked 490th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Stephens was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against East Lincoln, falling 93-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (65), the Indians still had to take the loss.
Statesville will have to keep a close watch on Noah Vanbeurden and Javian White, a pair of players who had a big impact on St. Stephens' prior game. Vanbeurden went 7 for 15 en route to 23 points, while White went 9 of 18 on his way to 23 points. White's evening made it 18 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jachavis Sherrill, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 boards.
Statesville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points per game. As for St. Stephens, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10.
Statesville was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Stephens when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 76-64. Does Statesville have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Stephens turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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