After losing to the Chapel Hill Tigers the last time they met, the Seaforth Hawks decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. Seaforth snuck past Chapel Hill with a 46-41 victory on Saturday. The win was all the more spectacular given Seaforth's disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while Chapel Hill is ranked eighth).
Seaforth's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Gabby White , who scored 22 points along with 5 rebounds. The matchup was White 's fifth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Mia Moore, who scored 15 points.
Despite the loss, Chapel Hill still got an impressive performance from Laynie Smith, who scored 11 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Smith scored a full 26.8% of Chapel Hill's points, the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Haara Umenwaliri, who scored 8 points along with 6 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Chapel Hill were working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Seaforth only racked up seven.
Seaforth has yet to lose a game at home this season, leaving them with a 4-1 record. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Chapel Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-1.
Seaforth will head out on the road to face off against Cummings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Chapel Hill, they will be playing at home against Western Alamance at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Western Alamance knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three contests -- so hopefully Chapel Hill likes a good challenge.
