Mitchell is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Mountain Heritage is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mitchell Mountaineers will host the Mountain Heritage Cougars at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mitchell is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Cloudland: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mitchell blew Cloudland out of the water with a 71-32 final score. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-20.
Meanwhile, Mountain Heritage humbled Avery County with a 77-46 victory. The Cougars pushed the score to 60-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Mountain Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.4 points per game. As for Mitchell, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
Mitchell ended up a good deal behind Mountain Heritage when the teams last played back in January, losing 74-59. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mountain Heritage's Jace Loven, who went 10 of 11 on his way to 28 points and five rebounds. Now that Mitchell knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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