Chapel Hill is 0-7 against Midtown since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Chapel Hill Panthers will be playing at home against the Midtown Knights at 6:00 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Chapel Hill has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Midtown will arrive with seven straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-38, which was the final score in Chapel Hill's tilt against Tri-Cities on Tuesday.
Despite the defeat, Chapel Hill saw an underclassman step up: Emahni Chambliss scored 28 points along with 5 rebounds. Chambliss scored a full 73.7% 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 Bryale Thomas, who scored 6 points.
Midtown has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 31 points or more this season. They breezed by Banneker on the road to the tune of 89-24. Given Midtown's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while Banneker is ranked 342nd), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chapel Hill's defeat was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 1-5. As for Midtown, their win bumped their record up to 7-0.
Chapel Hill lost to Midtown at home by a decisive 61-42 margin in their previous meeting back in February. Will Chapel Hill have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
