North Carolina High School Basketball - Cardinal Gibbons can't hold off Southern
February 7, 2014: Raleigh, NC 27607 The Southern Spartans basketball team scored 50 points and restricted the host Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders to 47 in the Spartans league victory on Friday.
The Spartans now sport a 13-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Chapel Hill for a 3A Conference 11 contest on Tuesday, February 11. Southern will battle a Tigers team coming off a 38-32 league win over Northern Vance (Henderson, NC). The Tigers record now stands at 15-6.
The Crusaders (11-10) will now prepare for their contest against Cedar Ridge (Hillsborough, NC). The Fighting Red Wolves enter the 3A Conference 11 match with a 8-14 record. In their last match, Cedar Ridge nudged Webb (Oxford, NC), 56-54, in a league match.