Green Level has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Middle Creek Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Green Level focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Monday.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up seven more assists than your opponent, a fact Green Level proved. They walked away with a 47-39 win over Wakefield.
Deana Prasad and Ryan Baker were among the main playmakers for Green Level as the former scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and the latter scored 15 points. That's the first time this season that Baker scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Claire Barber, who scored eight points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Middle Creek waltzed into their contest on Friday with ten straight wins but they left with 11. They came out on top against Apex by a score of 43-33. Given Middle Creek's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while Apex is ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Joi Pergerson, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alysia Pergerson, who scored seven points along with seven steals.
Green Level has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Middle Creek, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Friday's game is shaping up to be a scrappy matchup: Green Level have been smashing the glass this season, having only averaged 26.1 rebounds per game. It's a different story for Middle Creek, though, as they've been averaging only 29.7 rebounds per game. Given Green Level's sizeable advantage in that area, Middle Creek will need to find a way to close that gap.
Green Level skirted past Middle Creek 33-30 in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Green Level since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
