The First Flight Nighthawks will head out on the road to take on the North Brunswick Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. First Flight is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
With a playoff game on the line, First Flight rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They walked away with a 77-67 victory over the Golden Bulls. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead First Flight to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mason Dobie, who scored 39 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Dobie has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Brody Woods, who scored 23 points.
Meanwhile, even though West Johnston scored an imposing 74 points on Tuesday, North Brunswick still came out on top. North Brunswick walked away with an 85-74 win over West Johnston. Given North Brunswick's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while West Johnston is ranked 354th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Brunswick's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Malakhi Daniels led the charge by scoring 26 points along with five rebounds and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Ronnie Ballard, who scored 19 points.
First Flight has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for North Brunswick, their victory bumped their record up to 20-7.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. First Flight hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 66.6 points per game. However, it's not like North Brunswick struggles in that department as they've been averaging 69.1 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
First Flight strolled past North Brunswick in their previous matchup back in December of 2016 by a score of 97-82. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was North Brunswick's Thomas Jackson, who scored 30 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for First Flight to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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