Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Vikings knocking on the door

South Iredell's girls basketball team got a sniff of the win column Tuesday night, but not even Tish McCombs' 20 points were enough for the Vikings to taste victory.

Lincolnton outscored South 11-4 in the fourth quarter to win 38-36.

So close.

It might be discouraging that the Vikings -- losers of 15 straight dating back to last year -- had breakthrough in their crosshairs and let it get away. However, it's got to be encouraging that they're drawing closer to the target.

This is a team that lost 77-2 to Lake Norman in its fourth game of the season.

I'm going to roll the dice here and say South's girls (0-13, 0-4 Southern Piedmont 1A-2A) will not finish winless like they did during the 2004-05 season.

At the very least, I like the Vikings to beat Lincolnton when it comes to Barium Springs on Jan. 29.

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