North Davidson and Oak Grove are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The North Davidson Black Knights will head out on the road to take on the Oak Grove Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North Davidson sitting on three straight wins and Oak Grove on ten.
You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely North Davidson's strategy against Ledford on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that North Davidson blew Ledford out of the water with a 50-23 final score. Given North Davidson's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Ledford is ranked 417th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Oak Grove didn't have too much trouble with Central Davidson at home on Friday as they won 55-39.
Trista Charles continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Avery Ray was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds.
North Davidson has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Oak Grove, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-2.
North Davidson came up short against Oak Grove when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 58-46. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Charles, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Now that North Davidson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
