West Iredell is 0-10 against Hickory since January of 2022 but things could change on Friday. The West Iredell Warriors are taking a road trip to square off against the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
West Iredell is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Statesville on Tuesday. West Iredell fell 67-60 to Statesville.
West Iredell might have lost, but man, Jordan Patterson was a machine: he went 11 of 16 on his way to 34 points in addition to six boards and four steals. That was a full 56.7% of West Iredell's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jermaine Cornelius, who had nine points.
Meanwhile, Hickory waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They snuck past the Raiders with a 67-63 win. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Raiders are ranked 443rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hickory pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.0 points per game. As for West Iredell, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
West Iredell came up short against Hickory when the teams last played back in January, falling 72-61. Can West Iredell avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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