The Kings Mountain Mountaineers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Huss Huskies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Kings Mountain has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,335 points over their last 17 matches.
Even though Ashbrook scored an imposing 78 points on Wednesday, Kings Mountain still came out on top. Kings Mountain sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 81-78 victory over Ashbrook.
Kings Mountain can attribute much of their success to Bradley Floyd, who scored 22 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, and Kee'donn Linney, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. Floyd is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 20 or more in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Nixon, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three blocks.
Meanwhile, Huss scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They snuck past Crest with a 88-82 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Huss found their leader in underclassman Zaiyir 'Zii' Phillips, who shot 4-for-8 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Phillips has scored all season. Zamarius 'Z-Man' Gladden was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds.
Kings Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Huss, they now have a winning record of 13-12.
Kings Mountain didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Huss when the teams last played on February 2nd, but they still walked away with a 71-66 win. Will Kings Mountain repeat their success, or does Huss have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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