The Piedmont Panthers will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Freedom Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Piedmont is coming into the match hot, having won their last 11 games.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Piedmont walked away with it. They pulled ahead with a 66-65 photo finish over the Mustangs. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Miles Leaks continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 25 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Fred Little, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine steals.
Meanwhile, even though South Point scored an imposing 73 points on Tuesday, Freedom still came out on top. Freedom snuck past South Point with a 79-73 victory.
Piedmont is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Freedom, they pushed their record up to 13-13 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Piedmont couldn't quite finish off Freedom in their previous meeting back in February of 2017 and fell 73-70. Will Piedmont have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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