Basketball Recap: Carolina Forest Skates Past Myrtle Beach with Ease

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

12/20/24 @ North Brunswick	52
12/13/24 vs Stratford	47
01/17/25 @ Myrtle Beach	43
01/10/25 @ St. James	40
12/27/24 vs Philip Simmons	38

Carolina Forest hadn't done well against Myrtle Beach recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Carolina Forest Panthers blew past the Myrtle Beach Seahawks 65-22. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Leading Carolina Forest to victory were Madisyn Davis and Miracle Mclean. Davis dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 assists, while Mclean went 6 for 8 on her way to 14 points along with five boards and four blocks. Mclean has been hot, having posted three or more blocks the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Danyri Legette, who went 6 of 8 en route to 14 points and four steals.

Carolina Forest's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.0 points per game. As for Myrtle Beach, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Carolina Forest Panthers face off against the Conway Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on January 24th. Carolina Forest is facing Conway at the right time seeing as Conway is stuck on a 14-game losing streak. Myrtle Beach has already played their next game (against North Myrtle Beach), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.