Cuthbertson is 1-9 against Weddington since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cuthbertson Cavaliers will square off against the Weddington Warriors at 8:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cuthbertson will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Marvin Ridge, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Cuthbertson walked away with a 67-57 victory over Marvin Ridge on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Weddington came tearing into Tuesday's contest with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.1 points), and they left with even more momentum. They strolled past the Pirates with points to spare, taking the game 67-52. The Warriors pushed the score to 56-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates cut but never quite recovered from.
Weddington pushed their record up to 20-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points over those games. As for Cuthbertson, their victory bumped their record up to 14-9.
Cuthbertson might still be hurting after the 73-50 defeat they got from Weddington in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Weddington's KJ Younger, who dropped a double-double with 25 points and 11 boards. Now that Cuthbertson 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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