Forestview is 1-9 against Kings Mountain since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Forestview Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Kings Mountain Mountaineers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Forestview has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Kings Mountain will arrive with eight straight wins.
Forestview fought the good fight in their overtime game against Stuart W. Cramer on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 89-78 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Storm. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (67), Forestview still had to take the loss.
Forestview might have lost, but man, Daijhon Young was a machine: he scored 18 points along with seven rebounds and two steals. It was the first time this season that Young scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dashawn Patton, who scored 16 points.
Meanwhile, even though Crest scored an imposing 67 points on Friday, Kings Mountain still came out on top. Kings Mountain walked away with a 79-67 win over Crest. 79 seems to be a good number for Kings Mountain as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Kings Mountain's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Bradley Floyd led the charge by scoring 29 points along with seven rebounds. Kee'donn Linney was another key contributor, scoring 22 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Forestview has not been sharp recently as the team has lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-17 record this season. As for Kings Mountain, they pushed their record up to 19-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Monday's contest will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Alex Helton and Floyd. Helton has been dynamite this season: he has averaged 15.5 points and 1.3 steals. For his part, Floyd has averaged 18.4 points, 1.7 steals, and 7 rebounds.
Forestview took a serious blow against Kings Mountain in their previous matchup last Friday, falling 104-70. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kings Mountain's Caleb Nixon, who scored 26 points along with six rebounds. Now that Forestview knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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