Basketball Preview: Grovetown Warriors vs. Central Cabarrus Vikings
The Grovetown Warriors and the Central Cabarrus Vikings are set to duel on Friday. Grovetown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.4 points per game this season.
While Grovetown didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They pulled ahead with a 55-54 photo finish over Evans on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Asunti Porter continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 11 for 23 en route to 33 points. Another player making a difference was Rebecka Jones, who had six points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.
Grovetown was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, a win for Central Cabarrus just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against West Cabarrus, falling 69-49. The Vikings haven't had much luck with the Wolverines recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Grovetown pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.8 points per game. As for Central Cabarrus, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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