Sugar Creek Charter and Jackson Day are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Sugar Creek Charter Wildcats will take on the Jackson Day Mariners at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Jackson Day took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Sugar Creek Charter, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Sugar Creek Charter escaped with a win against Valor Preparatory Academy by the margin of a single free throw, 29-28. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one point.
Meanwhile, Jackson Day unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against Ridge View, falling 68-47. While losing is never fun, the Mariners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 206th in North Carolina, while the Blazers are ranked 34th in South Carolina).
Sugar Creek Charter will have to keep a close watch on Courtney Ashford and Laylah Toscano, a pair of players who had a big impact on Jackson Day's prior game. Ashford posted 16 points and four steals, while Toscano went 6 for 12 on her way to 17 points and four steals. Toscano has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played.
Sugar Creek Charter's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-9. As for Jackson Day, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
Sugar Creek Charter took a serious blow against Jackson Day in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 54-21. Can Sugar Creek Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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