Basketball Recap: Piedmont Starts Season with Win at Home + How To Watch

Piedmont took care of business in their home opener on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Ballantyne Ridge Wolves by a score of 86-75.

Landry Smith

Points (Career)

11/18/25 vs Ballantyne Ridge	18
02/18/25 @ West Stanly	17
12/09/24 vs York Prep	14
11/26/24 vs Covenant Day	14
01/28/25 @ Monroe	12

Leading Piedmont to victory were Landry Smith and Madison Pippen. Smith went 9-for-14 on her way to 18 points and six rebounds, while Pippen shot 75% from the field to rack up 15 points and six boards. Those 18 points gave Smith a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Lundquist, who posted eight points along with seven boards and six assists.

Piedmont was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. They racked up 11 more assists than Ballantyne Ridge's also-impressive total of 14.

Despite the loss, Ballantyne Ridge still got an impressive performance from Kaiya Dodson, who scored 21 points and four steals. Giana Love was another key player, putting up ten points.

Ballantyne Ridge's loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-1.

Piedmont didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-41 win against Carson on the 21st. As for Ballantyne Ridge, they have also already played their next contest, a 62-43 victory against Parkwood on the 21st.