The Mountain Heritage Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Eastern Randolph Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Heritage is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mountain Heritage had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Mountaineers by a score of 69-56. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Eastern Randolph was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Hayesville 83-50 at home. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Eastern Randolph had established a 27 point advantage.
Nicah Taylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 25 points along with six assists and six steals. Timothy Brower was another key contributor, scoring 20 points.
Mountain Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season. As for Eastern Randolph, their win bumped their record up to 17-10.
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