Basketball Game Preview: Meadowcreek Mustangs vs. Duluth Wildcats

Meadowcreek has gone 8-2 against Duluth recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Meadowcreek Mustangs will host the Duluth Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Meadowcreek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season.

Meadowcreek will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Peachtree Ridge, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Meadowcreek escaped with a win on Tuesday against Peachtree Ridge by the margin of a single free throw, 48-47. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.

Meadowcreek had a senior duo take command as Christian Carr posted 15 points along with five assists and five rebounds and Javon Armstrong went 5 of 11 on his way to 14 points and seven boards. The dominant performance gave Carr a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Enzo Wea, who put up five points and seven boards.

Meadowcreek smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Duluth entered their tilt with Brookwood on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 59-57 victory over the Broncos. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Broncos are ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Duluth is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Meadowcreek, their win bumped their record up to 16-6.

Meadowcreek didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Duluth when the teams last played on January 7th, but they still walked away with a 55-49 victory. Will Meadowcreek repeat their success, or does Duluth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.