The Porter Ridge Pirates and the Providence Panthers will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.
Last Friday, Porter Ridge came up short against Mount Pleasant and fell 76-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (63), the Pirates still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Providence also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Butler by a score of 57-45. 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 437th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 151st).
Porter Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Providence, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Porter Ridge strolled past Providence when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 71-57. Does Porter Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Providence turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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