Central Davidson is 1-9 against Oak Grove since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Central Davidson Spartans will welcome the Oak Grove Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Central Davidson will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating North Davidson, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Central Davidson took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-25 victory over North Davidson. With the Spartans ahead 36-9 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Raegan McCarn
| 02/07/25 @ North Davidson | 27 |
| 01/30/24 vs Asheboro | 26 |
| 02/06/25 @ Parkland | 24 |
| 12/18/24 vs West Davidson | 22 |
| 01/31/25 @ Asheboro | 20 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Central Davidson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Raegan McCarn, who went 7 for 16 to rack up 27 points. Those 27 points gave McCarn a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Bethany Myers, who posted ten points and seven boards.
Meanwhile, Oak Grove came tearing into Friday's game with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.9 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Timberwolves 68-25. Given the Grizzlies' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 427th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Central Davidson better keep an eye on Emma Hadley. She was instrumental in Oak Grove's win, dropping a double-double with 18 points and ten steals. The matchup was Hadley's third in a row with at least 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kalin Favreau, who went 6 of 11 on her way to 12 points and six steals.
Oak Grove pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.1 points over those games. As for Central Davidson, they now have a winning record of 11-10.
Things could have been worse for Central Davidson, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 52-38 loss to Oak Grove in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hadley, who almost dropped a double-double with 21 points and nine rebounds. Now that Central Davidson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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