The South Mecklenburg Sabres will head out on the road to challenge the Myers Park Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with South Mecklenburg sitting on four straight victories and Myers Park on 17.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but South Mecklenburg ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against Ardrey Kell by a score of 63-55. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South Mecklenburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Peter Moye, who scored 21 points. Moye has been hot recently, having posted 19 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Anderson Skelton, who scored 19 points.
Meanwhile, Myers Park put the finishing touches on their 13th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 79-30 win over Berry at home. Given Myers Park's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked third, while Berry is ranked 333rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Mecklenburg's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3. As for Myers Park, their victory bumped their record up to 21-2.
South Mecklenburg took a serious blow against Myers Park in their previous meeting back in January, falling 68-40. Can South Mecklenburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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