Basketball Game Preview: Seaforth Hawks vs. Southeast Alamance Stallions

The Seaforth Hawks will take on the Southeast Alamance Stallions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Southeast Alamance will be up against a hot Seaforth team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Seaforth was the clear victors by a 69-47 margin over Northwood on Tuesday. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Chargers are ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Peyton Collins

Points (Career)

02/18/25 vs Northwood	31
01/28/25 vs Chatham Central	15
12/17/24 @ Chatham Central	15
12/13/24 vs Cummings	14
11/30/24 vs Richmond	14

Seaforth relied on the efforts of Peyton Collins, who went 8-for-10 from beyond the arc on her way to 31 points, and Gabrielle White, who dropped a double-double with 19 points and 13 boards. The dominant performance gave Collins a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Katherine Leonard, who posted nine points and five rebounds.

Meanwhile, Southeast Alamance made easy work of Chatham Central on Tuesday and carried off a 66-41 victory. The win was nothing new for the Stallions as they're now sitting on 14 straight.

Seaforth better keep an eye on Shaniya Paylor. She was instrumental in Southeast Alamance's win, putting up 18 points in addition to seven assists and six steals. Paylor has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Natalie Lopez, who put up 12 points.

Southeast Alamance's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-2. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.0 points over those games. As for Seaforth, their record is now 23-2.

Seaforth couldn't quite finish off Southeast Alamance in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 55-53. Can Seaforth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.