The Carrboro Jaguars will take on the Louisburg Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Carrboro's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Louisburg has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Carrboro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on Saturday with ease, bagging a 90-48 win over Granville Central. The Jaguars pushed the score to 66-38 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
Bakari Watkins
| 02/15/25 vs Granville Central | 16 |
| 02/06/25 vs J.F. Webb | 16 |
| 01/31/25 @ Vance County | 13 |
| 01/03/25 vs Vance County | 12 |
| 01/15/25 vs Durham School of the Arts | 11 |
| + 19 more games |
It was another big night for Bakari Watkins, who dropped a double-double with 31 points and 16 rebounds. Carrboro is 5-2 when Watkins posts ten or more boards, but 7-10 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Cooper Davis, who posted eight points.
Meanwhile, Louisburg played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 68-24 loss at the hands of Southern School of Energy and Sustainability. The Warriors were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-9.
Carrboro will need to focus on slowing down Luke Sheldon, one of several Louisburg players who made an impact when they last played. He scored six points.
Carrboro is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.2 points over those games. As for Louisburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-16.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Carrboro has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 32.5 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Louisburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 23.1 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
Carrboro didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Louisburg when the teams last played last Friday, but they still walked away with a 49-45 victory. Will Carrboro repeat their success, or does Louisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
