North Carolina High School Basketball - Providence can't hold off Pinecrest
January 3, 2025: Southern Pines, NC 28387 The Pinecrest Patriots nipped the visiting Providence Panthers basketball squad by a final score of 64-63 in Friday's non-league outing.
Next, the Patriots face the Lee County Yellow Jackets (Sanford, NC) in a 3A/4A Sandhills outing, on Tuesday, January 7. Pinecrest will attempt to upgrade on its 8-4 season record. The Yellow Jackets enter the outing with a 6-5 record after their 63-43 non-league loss to Apex Friendship (Apex, NC).
The Panthers (2-11) will now prepare for their outing against Independence (Charlotte, NC). The Patriots enter the 4A Southwestern outing with a 11-2 record. In their last outing, Independence got by Garinger (Charlotte, NC), 93-26, in a league outing.