The Atkins Camels will face off against the Rockingham County Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Wednesday, Atkins lost to High Point Central at home by a 65-46 margin. While losing is never fun, the Camels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 519th, while the Bison are ranked 157th).
Meanwhile, Rockingham County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a hard 92-76 fall against Northeast Guilford. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (61), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Atkins dropped their record down to 4-19 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points over those games. As for Rockingham County, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
Atkins took a serious blow against Rockingham County when the teams last played back in January, falling 92-65. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rockingham County's Dalton 'Dynamite' Johnson, who dropped a double-double with 41 points and ten assists. Now that Atkins knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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