The Uwharrie Charter Academy Eagles will take on the Highlands Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Uwharrie Charter Academy comes in on four and Highlands on three.
Uwharrie Charter Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 52-49 win over Murphy. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 150th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 307th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Highlands on Tuesday. They blew past College Prep & Leadership Academy 44-20.
Highlands pushed their record up to 14-10 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.5 points. As for Uwharrie Charter Academy, their win bumped their record up to 20-7.
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