The Discovery Charter School Trailblazers will face off against the Orange Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Discovery Charter School is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Discovery Charter School is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Research Triangle 70-20. The Trailblazers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 30 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Orange's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 60-48 hit to the loss column at the hands of Western Alamance. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 181st, while the Warriors are ranked 26th).
Loss or not, Orange got some senior leadership from Evelyn George and Marshea Byrd. George dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds, while Byrd dropped a double-double on 13 points and 12 boards. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Byrd has scored all season.
Even though they lost, Orange smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 14 consecutive matches.
Discovery Charter School's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-2. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 17.3 points per game. As for Orange, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-7.
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