Basketball Recap: Uwharrie Charter Academy Piles Up the Points Against Union Academy + How To Watch

Uwharrie Charter Academy strolled into their game on Wednesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 60-27 victory over the Union Academy Cardinals. The Eagles pushed the score to 52-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Uwharrie Charter Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nevaeh Staples, who shot 86% from the field to rack up 15 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was Lainey Thomas, who went 6-for-14 en route to 16 points and six assists.

Eagles

Assists

11/19/25 vs Union Academy	21
11/18/25 vs Cedar Ridge	16
11/14/25 @ Falls Lake	19
03/04/25 @ Albemarle	9
02/28/25 vs Highlands	11
+ 14 more games

Uwharrie Charter Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.

Uwharrie Charter Academy's win bumped their record up to 3-0.

Coming up, Uwharrie Charter Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Chatham Charter at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Union Academy, they are taking a road trip to square off against South Rowan at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.