The East Henderson Eagles will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 7:00 p.m. East Henderson will be looking to keep their 15-game home win streak (dating back to last season) alive.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Henderson had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Grizzlies by a score of 56-47. Given East Henderson's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while Oak Grove is ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Caiden Brewer, who scored 24 points along with seven assists and five rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of East Henderson's points. Another player making a difference was Brady Nix, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and three blocks.
Meanwhile, even though Kings Mountain scored an imposing 71 points on Tuesday, Northwest Cabarrus still came out on top. Northwest Cabarrus snuck past Kings Mountain with a 75-71 win. The win was just what Northwest Cabarrus needed coming off of a 90-49 defeat in their prior game.
East Henderson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Northwest Cabarrus, their win bumped their record up to 15-11.
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