The Charlotte Latin Hawks will head out to face off against the Charlotte Country Day School Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Charlotte Latin is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Cannon just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They were dealt a 64-31 loss at the hands of the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Cougars are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Charlotte Country Day School's strategy against Charlotte Christian on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Charlotte Country Day School blew Charlotte Christian out of the water with a 66-23 final score. The Buccaneers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 21 points or more this season.
Charlotte Country Day School has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.0 points per game. As for Charlotte Latin, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-4.
Charlotte Latin came up short against Charlotte Country Day School when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 60-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Charlotte Country Day School's Sam Vanderhave, who went 6 for 12 on her way to 19 points and five steals. Now that Charlotte Latin knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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