Fairfax is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while South County is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Fairfax Lions will host the South County Stallions at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fairfax's tournament run continued when they took on Christian Academy on Sunday. Fairfax escaped with a win against Christian Academy by the margin of a single free throw, 46-45.
Cam Yingling was his usual excellent self, going 11 of 20 on his way to 25 points in addition to six boards and three steals. That makes it nine consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Fairfax's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Mullen, who posted six points and six rebounds.
Fairfax was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, South County won against West Potomac last Sunday with 79 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. South County narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past West Potomac 79-76. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Wolverines are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fairfax's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for South County, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Fairfax beat South County 69-57 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Will Fairfax repeat their success, or does South County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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