Berry lost against South Mecklenburg back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Berry Cardinals took a blow against the South Mecklenburg Sabres, falling 69-31. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 405th, while the Sabres are ranked 53rd).
Despite the loss, Berry still got an impressive performance from Zahnia Long, who posted 24 points.
South Mecklenburg found their leader in sophomore KB Brown, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten assists. Those ten assists gave Brown a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Hope Kluttz, who went 6 of 13 on her way to 14 points and six rebounds.
Berry dropped their record down to 5-12 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for South Mecklenburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Berry will head out on the road to take on Ardrey Kell at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Ardrey Kell's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. As for South Mecklenburg, they will host Palisades at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. South Mecklenburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.3 points per game this season.
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