The Huss Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the Kings Mountain Mountaineers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Huss scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They snuck past Crest with a 88-82 victory. The win made it back-to-back wins for Huss.
It was another big night for Zaiyir 'Zii' Phillips, who shot 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 27 points and 12 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Zamarius 'Z-Man' Gladden was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, Kings Mountain came tearing into Wednesday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Ashbrook and snuck past 81-78.
Kings Mountain can attribute much of their success to Bradley Floyd, who scored 22 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, and Kee'donn Linney, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds. Floyd has been hot recently, having posted 20 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Nixon, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three blocks.
Huss has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-12 record this season. As for Kings Mountain, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-5.
Huss came up short against Kings Mountain in their previous matchup on February 2nd, falling 71-66. Can Huss avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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