Central Academy hasn't had much luck against Parkwood recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Central Academy Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Parkwood Wolf Pack at 6:00 p.m.
Central Academy is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 42nd straight game dating back to last season on Tuesday. They were beaten by Monroe 82-23. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 592nd, while the Redhawks are ranked 180th).
Meanwhile, Parkwood was able to grind out a solid win over Piedmont on Tuesday, taking the game 68-61.
Parkwood has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-13 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.2 points over those games. As for Central Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-20.
Central Academy was taken down by Parkwood 70-13 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central Academy was down 49-7.
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