Basketball Game Preview: South View Tigers vs. Gray's Creek Bears

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02/20/24 - Home	49-45 W
02/09/24 - Home	47-33 W
01/16/24 - Away	58-33 W
12/19/23 - Home	48-27 W
02/03/23 - Away	43-34 W
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South View has gone 10-0 against Gray's Creek recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The South View Tigers will welcome the Gray's Creek Bears at 6:00 p.m. South View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.8 points per game this season.

If South View beats Gray's Creek with 62 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. South View blew past Purnell Swett 62-38 on Thursday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Rams are ranked 405th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

South View can attribute much of their success to Jordynn Parnell, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 15 boards, and Danauje Brooks, who went 10 of 25 on her way to 26 points along with five assists and five steals. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Brooks has scored at least a third of South View's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Laila Beard, who posted three points and 15 rebounds.

South View smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 30 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in 13 consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Gray's Creek hadn't done well against Lumberton recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Gray's Creek managed a 45-39 victory over Lumberton. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.

South View's win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3. As for Gray's Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.

South View didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Gray's Creek in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 49-45 win. Does South View have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gray's Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.