South Lenoir hasn't had much luck against Southwest Onslow recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The South Lenoir Blue Devils will head out to square off against the Southwest Onslow Stallions at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
South Lenoir is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against James Kenan on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. South Lenoir was dealt a 47-9 defeat at the hands of James Kenan. The match marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Southwest Onslow came up short against Kinston on Friday and fell 46-37. While losing is never fun, the Stallions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Vikings are ranked 85th).
South Lenoir's loss dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Southwest Onslow, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-7.
South Lenoir took a serious blow against Southwest Onslow in their previous matchup back in January, falling 57-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwest Onslow's Oriyanna Galloway, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 16 steals. Now that South Lenoir knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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