The Hoke County Bucks will head out to take on the Southern Lee Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with seven consecutive losses for Hoke County and four for Southern Lee.
Hoke County came up short against Richmond on Friday, falling 56-33. While losing is never fun, the Bucks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 437th, while the Raiders are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, Southern Lee played a tough match on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 72-32 defeat at the hands of Pinecrest. The Cavaliers were down 53-30 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Southern Lee's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Hoke County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-17.
Hoke County ended up a good deal behind Southern Lee in their previous meeting back in January, losing 52-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southern Lee's Makayla Hall, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and ten boards. Now that Hoke County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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