Lee County is 1-7 against Scotland since January of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lee County Yellow Jackets will look to defend their home court against the Scotland Fighting Scots at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Friday, Lee County was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 69-65 to Richmond.
Meanwhile, Scotland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a hard 65-46 fall against Pinecrest. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Scots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Patriots are ranked 171st).
Scotland's loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Lee County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
Lee County couldn't quite finish off Scotland in their previous meeting back in January and fell 51-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Scotland's Jerrison Dixon, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 22 points and five boards. Now that Lee County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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