After six games on the road, Sugar Creek is heading back home. They will take on the Piedmont Community Charter Patriots at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Sugar Creek suffered their biggest loss since November 7, 2023 on Wednesday. They were dealt a 55-16 defeat at the hands of Highland Tech. While losing is never fun, Sugar Creek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 603rd, while Highland Tech is ranked 279th).
Meanwhile, Piedmont Community Charter scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 68-22 victory over Carolina International at home. Piedmont Community Charter has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five matchups by 39 points or more this season.
Sugar Creek's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Piedmont Community Charter, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-7 record this season.
Sugar Creek was taken down by Piedmont Community Charter 56-17 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Piedmont Community Charter's Lyric Brown, who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Now that Sugar Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
