Basketball Game Preview: Southeast Alamance Stallions vs. East Chapel Hill Wildcats

The Southeast Alamance Stallions will take on the East Chapel Hill Wildcats in a tournament on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Southeast Alamance has four straight victories, East Chapel Hill has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Southeast Alamance is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Eastern Alamance: they outscored them in every quarter. Southeast Alamance came out on top against Eastern Alamance by a score of 78-66 on Friday. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Eagles are ranked 182nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Southeast Alamance got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Davian Edwards out in front who went 9 of 17 on his way to 24 points. The match was Edwards' third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerry Sims, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds.

Southeast Alamance smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when East Chapel Hill took on Trinity Academy on Saturday. East Chapel Hill took a blow against Trinity Academy, falling 82-51.

Southeast Alamance's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.7 points per game. As for East Chapel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.