The Orange Panthers will challenge the Person Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Orange is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against C.B. Aycock, sneaking past 69-66. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Panthers have posted since January 9th.
Meanwhile, Person had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.8 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Tuesday. They came within four points of losing the streak, but they secured a 78-74 W against the Knights. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Knights are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Person's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-2. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.7 points over those games. As for Orange, their win bumped their record up to 19-8.
Orange couldn't quite finish off Person in their previous meeting last Tuesday and fell 55-53. Will Orange have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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