Even though the Carrboro Jaguars scored an imposing 70 points on Tuesday, the Granville Central Panthers still came out on top. Granville Central snuck past Carrboro with a 76-70 win. Given Granville Central's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 170th, while Carrboro is ranked 367th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Granville Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jordan Alston, who scored 28 points along with four steals. Alston is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 21 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Trent Harrington, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds.
Carrboro's loss came despite strong showings from Brody Gagne and Bakari Watkins. Gagne scored 21 points along with six assists and five rebounds, while Watkins dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. Sam Kanjorski was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with three steals.
Granville Central is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Carrboro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-12.
Granville Central will head out on the road to square off against South Granville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Granville Central has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 216 points over their last three matchups. As for Carrboro, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Durham School of the Arts at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Durham School of the Arts focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Tuesday.
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