Basketball Recap: Cole Mccoy's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Nantahala over Summit Charter

Nantahala easily dispatched Macon Early College last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Hawks fell just short of the Summit Charter Bears by a score of 84-82 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (68), the Hawks still had to take the loss.

Cole McCoy

Steals

11/14/25 @ Summit Charter	3
11/07/25 vs Macon Early College	2
02/18/25 @ Highlands	4
02/13/25 vs Highlands	4
02/10/25 @ Cherokee	2
+ 11 more games

Several Hawks players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Cole McCoy, who dropped a double-double with 40 points and 12 rebounds. McCoy has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 16 times he's played. Samuel Bateman was another key player, dropping a double-double with 19 points and 21 boards.

Summit Charter got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Chance Wilson out in front who shot 57% from beyond the arc en route to 32 points and three steals. Another player making a difference was August Stewart-Payne, who went 8-for-11 from beyond the arc on his way to 30 points and four steals.

Nantahala dropped their record down to 1-1 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Nantahala has already played their next contest (against Mountain Area Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Summit Charter, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Rosman at 7:30 p.m. on December 2.