The Asheville School (Independent) Blues will head out on the road to face off against the Gaston Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Asheville School (Independent) is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They strolled past Hickory Grove Christian with points to spare, taking the game 67-53. Given the Blues' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Lions are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Gaston Christian waltzed into their match on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They breezed past the Warriors to the tune of 78-33. The Eagles pushed the score to 61-23 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had no chance of recovering from.
Asheville School (Independent) better keep an eye on Cameron Newman. He was instrumental in Gaston Christian's win, almost dropping a double-double with 17 points and nine steals. Those nine steals gave Newman a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jeremy Duhon, who went 7-for-13 en route to 20 points.
Gaston Christian was working as a unit and finished the game with 27 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Gaston Christian pushed their record up to 23-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 38.9% in those games and 28.2% outside of them. As for Asheville School (Independent), they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
Asheville School (Independent) came up short against Gaston Christian in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 73-61. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newman, who almost dropped a double-double with 24 points and nine assists. Now that Asheville School (Independent) knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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