South Caldwell is 1-9 against Freedom since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The South Caldwell Spartans will venture away from home to take on the Freedom Patriots at 6:30 p.m.
South Caldwell is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They lost to Watauga at home by a 74-55 margin. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Pioneers are ranked 28th).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Ava Anderson and Kate Sears. Sears had a great game and shot 7-for-11 from deep and almost dropped a triple-double on 39 points, 14 boards, and nine assists. Meanwhile, Anderson was balling out in the loss, putting up 38 points.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Freedom ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Hibriten 47-45. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Patriots have posted against the Panthers since February 15, 2022.
Freedom is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for South Caldwell, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
South Caldwell came up short against Freedom when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 52-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Freedom's Peyton Caldwell, who posted 34 points and eight rebounds. Now that South Caldwell knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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