The Gray Stone Day Knights will face off against the Albemarle Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gray Stone Day is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Union Academy on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Gray Stone Day was outmatched by Union Academy and fell 59-15. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Albemarle came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 47.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Cavaliers to the tune of 71-25. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 508th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Albemarle's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-4. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.7 points per game. As for Gray Stone Day, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Gray Stone Day took a serious blow against Albemarle in their previous meeting back in January, falling 67-5. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Gray Stone Day was down 51-3.
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