The Foard Tigers will take on the Statesville Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Foard is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. 2025 welcomed they with an 82-62 loss courtesy of West Iredell. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 596th, while the Warriors are ranked 257th).
Meanwhile, Statesville played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. 2025 welcomed they with a 99-74 loss courtesy of East Lincoln. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (67), the Greyhounds still had to take the loss.
Statesville now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Foard, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Foard came up short against Statesville in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 73-61. Can Foard avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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