Hickory is 8-0 against West Iredell since January of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Hickory Red Tornadoes will be playing at home against the West Iredell Warriors at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hickory has 24 straight victories, West Iredell has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hickory stacked a 16th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Statesville 89-64. Given Hickory's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Statesville is ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hickory got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was John Holbrook out in front who scored 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Powell, who scored 16 points.
Meanwhile, West Iredell pushed their score all the way to 69 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 81-69 to North Iredell. West Iredell has not had much luck with North Iredell recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Hickory pushed their record up to 24-0 with that win, which was their 20th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for West Iredell, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-21.
Everything came up roses for Hickory against West Iredell in their previous meeting last Friday as the team secured a 103-51 victory. In that game, Hickory amassed a halftime lead of 57-28, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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