Cary Academy lost against Carmel Christian back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Cary Academy Chargers took an 82-68 bruising from the Carmel Christian Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Cougars are ranked 48th).
Cary Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aidan Rousseau, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Rousseau a new career-high in field goal percentage (90%). Another player making a difference was Julian Tweedy, who went 5 for 6 en route to 17 points plus six rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carmel Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bryce Slay, who went 8 for 15 en route to 24 points plus two steals. With that strong performance, Slay is now averaging an impressive 16.6 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Chandler Kennedy, who went 6 for 10 en route to 18 points plus five assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Cary Academy and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Carmel Christian, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cary Academy will face off against St. David's at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cary Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.4 points per game this season. As for Carmel Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Davidson Day at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Carmel Christian's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven matches.
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