Basketball Recap: Piedmont Community Charter Falls Despite Big Games from Allasha Houser and Evangeline East

If Piedmont Community Charter was riding high fresh off their 50-25 takedown of Valor Preparatory Academy last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots took a hard 52-36 fall against the Jackson Day Mariners on Tuesday. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Mariners recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Allasha Houser

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02/04/25 vs Jackson Day	21
11/19/24 @ Highland Tech	21
11/22/24 vs Bessemer City	19
11/14/24 vs Bradford Prep	19
12/02/24 vs Highland Tech	18
+ 11 more games

Evangeline East and Allasha Houser certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. East posted four points in addition to four steals and three blocks, while Houser dropped a double-double with 11 points and 21 boards. Piedmont Community Charter is 10-3 when Houser posts ten or more rebounds, but 3-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Bree Phillips, who earned five points and five boards.

Even though they lost, Piedmont Community Charter smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jackson Day only pulled down nine offensive boards.

Tralyn Phillips continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Jackson Day, going 13 of 27 on her way to 28 points and eight steals. The dominant performance gave Phillips a new career-high in points. Amyia Martin was another key player, putting up nine points and three steals.

Piedmont Community Charter's loss dropped their record down to 13-7. As for Jackson Day, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.

Piedmont Community Charter wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 71-26 defeat against Queen's Grant on the 7th. As for Jackson Day, they have also already played their next game, a 70-10 win against Sugar Creek Charter on the 7th.