Two dominant guards in Ashanti Fox and Kira Jones are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Union Pines Vikings will take on the Rocky Mount Gryphons on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Union Pines comes in on eight and Rocky Mount on 18.
Union Pines is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They strolled past Eastern Alamance with points to spare, taking the game 65-50. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Eagles are ranked 164th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rocky Mount didn't have too much trouble with Jacksonville on Friday as they won 69-53. The Gryphons pushed the score to 57-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Union Pines better keep an eye on Jones. She was instrumental in Rocky Mount's win, shooting 83% from the field to rack up 34 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Jones has scored at least a third of Rocky Mount's points. McKinley Battle was another key player, going 6-for-12 on her way to 17 points.
Rocky Mount pushed their record up to 22-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.4 points. As for Union Pines, their victory bumped their record up to 26-1.
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