North Henderson is 8-2 against Tuscola since December of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The North Henderson Knights will be playing at home against the Tuscola Mountaineers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Henderson has six straight wins, Tuscola has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Even though Pisgah scored an imposing 62 points on Tuesday, North Henderson still came out on top. North Henderson put the hurt on Pisgah with a sharp 82-62 win. Given North Henderson's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Pisgah is ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Henderson had a senior duo take command as Bryson Rowe shot 5-for-11 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 rebounds and Zion McDaniel scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Rowe has scored all season. Noah Pierce was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 88-53, which was the final score in Tuscola's tilt against West Henderson on Tuesday. Tuscola has not had much luck with West Henderson recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Jed West and Jackson Lyda. Lyda had a great game and almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine assists. Meanwhile, West did his best for the losing side, scoring ten points.
North Henderson is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Tuscola, they dropped their record down to 1-19 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything came up roses for North Henderson against Tuscola in their previous matchup back in January as the team secured a 73-32 victory. Does North Henderson have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tuscola turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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