The Palisades Pumas will face off against the South Mecklenburg Sabres at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Palisades' favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while South Mecklenburg has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Palisades will head into Monday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 23-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They had just enough and edged Kings Mountain out 62-59.
Meanwhile, South Mecklenburg didn't have quite enough to beat Laney on Saturday and fell 70-68. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (65), the Sabres still had to take the loss.
Palisades will have to contain Jim Gatehouse as he made an impact in South Mecklenburg's last game. He went 8 for 16 on his way to 24 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Myles Howard, who posted nine points in addition to five boards and four steals.
South Mecklenburg now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Palisades, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Palisades couldn't quite finish off South Mecklenburg when the teams last played back in February and fell 52-49. Thankfully for Palisades, Peter Moye (who went 7 of 12 on his way to 19 points and seven rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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