Two dominant guards in Kennedy Moore and Ashanti Fox are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pinecrest Patriots will host the Union Pines Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Pinecrest sitting on four straight victories and Union Pines on 16.
On Tuesday, Pinecrest strolled past Hoke County with points to spare, taking the game 49-31. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Bucks are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union Pines). They breezed by Southern Lee to the tune of 76-34 on Tuesday. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 22 points or more this season.
Pinecrest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.8 points per game. As for Union Pines, they pushed their record up to 16-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Pinecrest came up short against Union Pines in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 37-33. Can Pinecrest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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