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The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Providence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 53-52.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Providence	-	-	-	-	52
East Mecklenburg	-	-	-	-	53

Final score provided by J. Fowler.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Providence (25-26)

East Mecklenburg (25-26)

Providence

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	156	52	21	45	47	53
0	C. Williams (Sr)	6
1	Liam Drayton (Jr)	29	13	6	11	55	55
2	Jay Lynch (So)	10	1
3	Caleb Gaither (Sr)	24	7	3	12	25	29
4	Carson Powell (Fr)	18	11	4	7	57	71
5	A. DeGabrielle (Sr)	23	2	1	2	50	50
11	Connor Hodgson (Jr)	4	0	0	1	0	0
12	Henry Siegel (Fr)	15	9	3	4	75	100
21	Wyatt Sweet (Jr)	27	9	4	8	50	56

East Mecklenburg

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	21	44	48	52
1	N. Wright Jr. (Jr)	14	6	11	55	55
2	Bryon Ruff (Jr)	1	0	4	0	0
3	Z. Funderburk (So)	0	0	3	0	0
5	B. Caldwell (Sr)	7	3	4	75	75
10	I. Ramirez Toro (Sr)	10	3	8	38	56
11	Kareem Peterkin (Jr)	2	1	3	33	33
12	Sam Thompson (Jr)	5	2	2	100	125
23	Jordan Buzzard (Sr)	14	6	9	67	67

Providence

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	156	52	6	13	46	4	10	40	15	32	47
0	C. Williams (Sr)	6
1	Liam Drayton (Jr)	29	13	0	1	0	1	2	50	6	10	60
2	Jay Lynch (So)	10	1				1	2	50
3	Caleb Gaither (Sr)	24	7	1	2	50				2	10	20
4	Carson Powell (Fr)	18	11	2	3	67	1	4	25	2	4	50
5	A. DeGabrielle (Sr)	23	2	0	1	0				1	1	100
11	Connor Hodgson (Jr)	4	0	0	1	0				0	0	0
12	Henry Siegel (Fr)	15	9	2	3	67	1	2	50	1	1	100
21	Wyatt Sweet (Jr)	27	9	1	2	50				3	6	50

East Mecklenburg

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	4	14	29	7	14	50	17	30	57
1	N. Wright Jr. (Jr)	14	0	1	0	2	2	100	6	10	60
2	Bryon Ruff (Jr)	1	0	2	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
3	Z. Funderburk (So)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
5	B. Caldwell (Sr)	7				1	2	50	3	4	75
10	I. Ramirez Toro (Sr)	10	3	5	60	1	4	25	0	3	0
11	Kareem Peterkin (Jr)	2	0	2	0				1	1	100
12	Sam Thompson (Jr)	5	1	1	100				1	1	100
23	Jordan Buzzard (Sr)	14	0	1	0	2	4	50	6	8	75

Providence

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	156	52	4	16	85	9	3	1	7	10
0	C. Williams (Sr)	6			1	1				1
1	Liam Drayton (Jr)	29	13	1	6	72	2			2	2
2	Jay Lynch (So)	10	1		1	1				1
3	Caleb Gaither (Sr)	24	7	1	2	3	2	1	1		4
4	Carson Powell (Fr)	18	11	1	2	3	2	1		1	2
5	A. DeGabrielle (Sr)	23	2		1	1	2	1		1	2
11	Connor Hodgson (Jr)	4	0
12	Henry Siegel (Fr)	15	9		1	1
21	Wyatt Sweet (Jr)	27	9	1	2	3	1			1

East Mecklenburg

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk
	Team Totals	53	10	26	36	7	2	4
1	N. Wright Jr. (Jr)	14	4	5	9	1		1
2	Bryon Ruff (Jr)	1		2	2		1
5	B. Caldwell (Sr)	7	2	3	5	2
10	I. Ramirez Toro (Sr)	10		2	2	4	1
11	Kareem Peterkin (Jr)	2		1	1
12	Sam Thompson (Jr)	5		2	2
23	Jordan Buzzard (Sr)	14	4	11	15			3

Providence

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.29	0.43	0.30	0.10
1	Liam Drayton (Jr)	1.00
3	Caleb Gaither (Sr)			0.25	0.25
4	Carson Powell (Fr)	2.00	1.00	0.50
5	A. DeGabrielle (Sr)	2.00	1.00	0.50
21	Wyatt Sweet (Jr)	1.00

Misc Totals

East Mecklenburg has not entered any misc totals stats.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Basketball - East Mecklenburg sneaks past Providence

February 20, 2026: Charlotte, NC 28270

The East Mecklenburg Eagles (Charlotte, NC) basketball edged the host Providence Panthers (Charlotte, NC), 53-52 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Eagles now possess a 18-9 record.

With the loss, Providence falls to 15-10 on the campaign.

Providence vs EMHS Basketball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 20, 2026 @ 7:30p

Conference Tournament Finals

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral conference tournament game against Providence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 53-52.

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Rankings & Records

Providence (25-26)

NC	Class
109	17

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
15-11	8-2	8-2	6-7	1-2	.577	.800	1,517	1,411

East Mecklenburg (25-26)

NC	Class
66	10

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-10	8-2	9-4	5-5	5-1	.655	.800	1,720	1,626

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Providence	13.0	10.6	12.6	20.4	1.0	58.3
East Mecklenburg	12.5	12.8	15.4	14.5	8.3	59.3

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Head-to-Head

East Mecklenburg won on 1/9/2026

1/9 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final

Providence 12 13 2 15 1 43
East Mecklenburg 11 9 11 11 4 46

The Providence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away conference game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) in overtime by a score of 46-43.
Box score
Providence won on 2/5/2026

2/5 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

East Mecklenburg - - - - 38
Providence - - - - 54

The East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Providence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 54-38.
Box score
East Mecklenburg won on 2/20/2026

2/20 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Providence - - - - 52
East Mecklenburg - - - - 53

The Providence (Charlotte, NC) varsity basketball team lost Friday's neutral conference tournament game against East Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 53-52.
Box score

1/9 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Providence	12	13	2	15	1	43
East Mecklenburg	11	9	11	11	4	46

2/5 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
East Mecklenburg	-	-	-	-	38
Providence	-	-	-	-	54

Team Stat Comparison

Providence		East Mecklenburg
56.5	Points Per Game	54.9
28.4	Rebounds Per Game	27.0
6.7	Assists Per Game	11.6
7.1	Steals Per Game	6.7
3.8	Blocks Per Game	4.6

Team Leaders

Providence		East Mecklenburg	National Avg.
#3 Caleb Gaither13.3	Points Per Game	#1 Nixon Wright Jr.14.8	4.8
#1 Liam Drayton11.2	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Jordan Buzzard9.4	2.5
#3 Caleb Gaither2.9	Assists Per Game	#23 Jordan Buzzard3.0	1.0
#3 Caleb Gaither1.8	Steals Per Game	#2 Bryon Ruff1.6	0.8
#1 Liam Drayton1.6	Blocks Per Game	#23 Jordan Buzzard3.6	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Providence	9-3		East Mecklenburg	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/18/25	Providence	Harding University	(L) 63-61	11/14/25	Harding University	East Mecklenburg	(L) 70-59
11/21/25	Porter Ridge	Providence	(W) 68-47	12/17/25	East Mecklenburg	Porter Ridge	(W) 60-47
12/16/25	Providence	Butler	(L) 56-48	12/12/25	Butler	East Mecklenburg	(L) 64-48
1/6/26	Rocky River	Providence	(W) 60-37	1/20/26	East Mecklenburg	Rocky River	(W) 75-54
1/30/26	Providence	Rocky River	(W) 62-55	2/6/26	Rocky River	East Mecklenburg	(W) 77-46
1/20/26	Providence	Palisades	(W) 75-49	1/29/26	Palisades	East Mecklenburg	(W) 77-65
2/6/26	Palisades	Providence	(W) 52-38	2/13/26	East Mecklenburg	Palisades	(L) 62-54 (F)
				2/18/26	East Mecklenburg	Palisades	(W) 60-51
1/23/26	Ballantyne Ridge	Providence	(W) 69-39	1/6/26	Ballantyne Ridge	East Mecklenburg	(W) 61-51
2/10/26	Providence	Ballantyne Ridge	(W) 65-53	1/30/26	East Mecklenburg	Ballantyne Ridge	(W) 56-40
1/29/26	Ardrey Kell	Providence	(W) 69-65	1/23/26	East Mecklenburg	Ardrey Kell	(W) 57-51
2/13/26	Providence	Ardrey Kell	(L) 70-51	2/10/26	Ardrey Kell	East Mecklenburg	(W) 59-48
2/18/26	Providence	Ardrey Kell	(W) 68-65

Record Breakdown

Providence (25-26)		East Mecklenburg (25-26)
15-11	Overall	19-10
9-3	League	10-2
5-6	Non-League	7-6
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
9-3	Common Opponent	9-3
8-2	Home	9-4
6-7	Away	5-5
1-2	Neutral	5-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
15-9	In-State	18-10
0-2	Out-of-State	1-0