Basketball Recap: Chatham Central Now 10-1 over Last 11 Games

Reid Albright

Points

02/14/25 @ North Moore	25
02/12/25 @ Jordan-Matthews	19
02/11/25 vs Northwood	16
02/05/25 @ South Davidson	21
02/04/25 @ Cummings	15
+ 14 more games

Chatham Central won the last time they faced North Moore, and Reid Albright did his part to make sure it happened again. The Chatham Central Bears snuck past the North Moore Mustangs with a 66-60 victory on Friday thanks in part to Albright, who went 10-for-13 en route to 25 points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists. The match was his 19th in a row with at least 15 points.

Aiden Johnson was another key player, putting up 11 points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.

Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Colby Pennington, who dropped a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds. Pennington has been hot, having posted ten or more boards the last six times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Powell, who went 7-for-11 on his way to 17 points.

Chatham Central is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.1 points over those games. As for North Moore, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-17.

Chatham Central has already played their next contest, a 75-42 win against Jordan-Matthews on the 17th. As for North Moore, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 100-26 defeat against Northwood on the 17th.