North Central is on a nine-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Buford a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Wednesday. The North Central Knights will welcome the Buford Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. North Central will be strutting in after a win while Buford will be coming in after a loss.
Last Monday, North Central strolled past Chesterfield with points to spare, taking the game 50-34.
Meanwhile, Buford came up short against York Prep on Monday and fell 67-58. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 258th, while the Patriots are ranked 123rd).
North Central's victory bumped their record up to 2-15. As for Buford, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-17.
North Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Buford in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 60-57. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Buford's Jake Milhorn, who went 7 of 9 from beyond the arc en route to 31 points and five rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will North Central still be able to contain Milhorn? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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