Alleghany and Glenvar are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Alleghany Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Glenvar Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Alleghany comes in on seven and Glenvar on three.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Alleghany beat Lord Botetourt 59-55. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
While Glenvar didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past William Byrd with a 67-61 victory on Monday.
Glenvar is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Alleghany, they pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Alleghany beat Glenvar 64-55 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Glenvar's Brody Dawyot, who went 10 of 18 en route to 23 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Alleghany still be able to contain Dawyot? There's only one way to find out.
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