The Dudley Panthers will challenge the Ben L. Smith Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Dudley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against East Lincoln by a score of 65-53. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 147th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Carlos 'CJ' Neely and Jaxon Dollar. Neely had a great game and dropped a double-double with 23 points and 11 boards. Meanwhile, Dollar was balling out in the loss, shooting 88% from the field on his way to 20 points in addition to eight rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, Ben L. Smith waltzed into their contest on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They took down the Rockets 79-61.
Dudley is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.5 points over those games. Ben L. Smith pushed their record up to 25-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Dudley ended up a good deal behind Ben L. Smith when the teams last played two weeks ago, losing 57-38. Can Dudley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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