The East Chapel Hill Wildcats entered their tilt with the Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. East Chapel Hill took down Cedar Ridge 52-38 on Thursday. Given East Chapel Hill's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while Cedar Ridge is ranked 458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Chapel Hill to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jayden Perry, who scored 9 points. Jed Stout was another key contributor, scoring 7 points.
East Chapel Hill's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.3 points per game. As for Cedar Ridge, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
East Chapel Hill will head out on the road to face off against Carrboro at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Cedar Ridge will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Durham School of the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on December 11th. Durham School of the Arts and Cedar Ridge are at an even 3-3 over their past six head-to-heads.