After a string of three wins, the Kings Mountain Mountaineers's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of South Point by a score of 84-81. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Kings Mountain has suffered yet this season.
Kings Mountain lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bradley Floyd, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. Floyd has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. Tucker Robinette was another key contributor, scoring 19 points along with five steals.
Kings Mountain's defeat dropped their record down to 10-4. As for South Point, they now have a winning record of 8-7.
Kings Mountain won't have much time to rest: their next game is against West Charlotte at 12:30 p.m. on January 20th. West Charlotte is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak. As for South Point, they will head out on the road to challenge North Gaston at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully North Gaston focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Friday.
