The Piedmont Community Charter Patriots will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Carolina International Comets at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Piedmont Community Charter's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 18 games.
Piedmont Community Charter stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past Queen's Grant 91-68. Given Piedmont Community Charter's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while Queen's Grant is ranked 495th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bobby Erwin was his usual excellent self, scoring 26 points along with five rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Xavier Wilcher, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, even though Valor Preparatory Academy scored an imposing 62 points on Wednesday, Carolina International still came out on top. Carolina International managed a 68-62 win over Valor Preparatory Academy.
Carolina International got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Michael Davis out in front who scored 21 points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Landon Griffin, who scored 11 points along with five steals.
Piedmont Community Charter is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Carolina International, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-8.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Piedmont Community Charter hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 76 points per game. However, it's not like Carolina International struggles in that department as they've been averaging 65.4 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Piedmont Community Charter came up short against Carolina International when the teams last played back in January, falling 71-66. Can Piedmont Community Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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