The Southern Lee Cavaliers will venture away from home to challenge the Pinecrest Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Friday, Southern Lee was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 51-47 to Lee County. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Cavaliers came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 289th).
Meanwhile, Pinecrest was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 61-60 to Union Pines. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (59), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Pinecrest's defeat dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Southern Lee, their loss dropped their record down to 19-3.
Southern Lee strolled past Pinecrest when the teams last played two weeks ago by a score of 46-32. Does Southern Lee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pinecrest turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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