Piedmont Community Charter was the 81-74 winner over Sugar Creek Charter when they last played one another on January 3rd, but their luck changed this time around. The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots took a 77-73 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Sugar Creek Charter Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Henry Peprah
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Piedmont Community Charter's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Henry Peprah, who went 7 for 14 on his way to 18 points and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Peprah a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was John Carmichael, who went 7 of 15 en route to 19 points in addition to eight rebounds and three blocks.
Even though they lost, Piedmont Community Charter was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sugar Creek Charter only racked up nine assists.
Aidan Gatewood had an outrageously good game for Sugar Creek Charter as he went 5 for 9 on his way to 18 points and seven boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Levan- Israel, who posted 12 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Piedmont Community Charter and nudges their season record down to 8-8. As for Sugar Creek Charter, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-6.
Piedmont Community Charter wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 74-69 loss against Carolina International on the 30th. As for Sugar Creek Charter, they will challenge Queen's Grant at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sugar Creek Charter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.5 points per game this season.
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