Catawba Ridge and South Point are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2021, but not for long. Having just played yesterday, the Catawba Ridge Copperheads will head out on the road to face off against the South Point Red Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Catawba Ridge turned things around against Highland Tech on Friday. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 48-28 victory. Given the Copperheads' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 128th in South Carolina, while the Rams are ranked 364th in North Carolina), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, South Point waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 47-35 win over the Pumas. The score was all tied up 21-21 at the break, but the Red Raiders were the better team in the second half.
South Point pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.7 points per game. As for Catawba Ridge, their record now sits at 5-6.
Catawba Ridge suffered a grim 54-31 defeat to South Point in their previous meeting on December 6th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Point's Amya Graham, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 16 boards. Now that Catawba Ridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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