Chapel Hill has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 65-61 heartbreaker at the hands of the Westlake Lions. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 66-58 on January 7th.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Westlake to victory, but perhaps none more so than Amare Jackson, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Jackson a new career-high in blocks (two). Amir Eichelberger was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.
Chapel Hill's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-7. As for Westlake, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-6.
Chapel Hill will square off against Carrollton at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Westlake, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 82-62 victory against East Coweta on the 25th.
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