Basketball Recap: Friday's Victory Is Chatham Central's Sixth in Last Eight Outings

Bears

Margin (Wins)

01/03/25 vs Cummings	46
02/12/25 @ Jordan-Matthews	43
01/31/25 vs Graham	36
12/20/24 @ Graham	31
12/10/24 vs Jordan-Matthews	30

Chatham Central won the last time they faced North Moore and things went their way on Friday too. The Chatham Central Bears blew past the North Moore Mustangs 55-29. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 24 points or more this season.

Chatham Central had a senior duo take command as Karaleigh Dodson almost dropped a triple-double with 11 points, ten boards, and nine steals and Chloe Scott posted 20 points. What's more, Scott also posted four assists, the most she's had since back in February of 2024. Mattie Underwood was another key player, putting up six points and five assists.

Chatham Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Moore only posted six assists.

Loss or not, North Moore got some senior leadership from Bailea Marley and Calissa Clendenin. Marley earned five points and five rebounds, while Clendenin scored eight points in addition to ten boards and three blocks. Clendenin has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times she's played.

Chatham Central is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.2 points. As for North Moore, their defeat was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-14.

Coming up, Chatham Central will square off against Cummings at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Chatham Central is facing Cummings at the right time seeing as Cummings is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for North Moore, they will face off against Southeast Alamance at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Southeast Alamance knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight games -- so hopefully North Moore likes a good challenge.