Walnut Grove is 2-8 against North Oconee since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Walnut Grove Warriors will challenge the North Oconee Titans at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Walnut Grove comes in on four and North Oconee on 11.
Walnut Grove can't be too worried about heading out to take on North Oconee: they just beat Eastside at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Walnut Grove snuck past Eastside with a 54-48 win on Friday.
Meanwhile, North Oconee beat East Forsyth 71-64 on Friday. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Broncos are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Oconee's victory was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.9 points per game. As for Walnut Grove, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Walnut Grove was dealt a bruising 77-47 loss at the hands of North Oconee in their previous matchup back in January. Can Walnut Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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