Hoke County hasn't had much luck against Pinecrest recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Hoke County Bucks will venture away from home to square off against the Pinecrest Patriots at 6:00 p.m.
Hoke County is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Union Pines on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Hoke County was beaten by Union Pines 72-31. While losing is never fun, the Bucks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 425th, while the Vikings are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, Pinecrest entered their tilt with Scotland on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came within four points of losing the streak, but they secured a 52-48 W against the Fighting Scots. The Patriots pushed the score to 41-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Fighting Scots cut but never quite recovered from.
Hoke County's loss dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Pinecrest, their win bumped their record up to 12-10.
Hoke County lost to Pinecrest on the road by a decisive 49-31 margin in their previous meeting back in January. Can Hoke County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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