It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Kings Mountain Mountaineers can now relate to. They took a 75-71 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Trojans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), Kings Mountain still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Kings Mountain saw an underclassman step up: Bradley Floyd scored 34 points along with four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Floyd has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Caleb Nixon, who scored 14 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Kings Mountain and nudges their season record down to 21-7. As for Northwest Cabarrus, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-11 record this season.
Kings Mountain does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Northwest Cabarrus is on the road again on Friday and plays East Henderson at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. East Henderson is coming into the match with 13 straight wins at home, so Northwest Cabarrus will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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