Basketball Recap: Piedmont Community Charter Comes Up Short

Piedmont Community Charter lost against Queen's Grant last Friday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots were beaten by the Queen's Grant Stallions 94-62. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 367th, while the Stallions are ranked 65th).

Queen's Grant found their leader in freshman Chase Smith, who dropped a double-double with 26 points and 15 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Smith has scored all season. Bobby Montgomery III was another key player, going 7-for-13 en route to 20 points and five steals.

Piedmont Community Charter has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season. As for Queen's Grant, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 21-7.

As of now, neither Piedmont Community Charter nor Queen's Grant have any future games scheduled.