The South Lenoir Blue Devils and the Southwest Onslow Stallions will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday without much rest having both just played. South Lenoir is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
South Lenoir managed to keep up with James Kenan until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. South Lenoir came up short against James Kenan, falling 51-29. While the Blue Devils didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 11-4 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, Southwest Onslow unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They received a blow as they fell 51-37 to Kinston. While losing is never fun, the Stallions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 251st, while the Vikings are ranked 60th).
South Lenoir's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Southwest Onslow, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 6-4.
South Lenoir took a serious blow against Southwest Onslow in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 58-17. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Lenoir was down 41-8.
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