A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Panthers face off against the Wildcats at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Chapel Hill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They secured a 70-64 W over Central Gwinnett. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Black Knights are ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Wheeler had already won 16 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.6 points) and they went ahead and made it 17 on Wednesday. They breezed past the Packers to the tune of 90-38. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Wheeler pushed their record up to 25-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.1 points. As for Chapel Hill, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Chapel Hill came up short against Wheeler in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 63-52. Can Chapel Hill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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