Chatham Charter has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Southern Wake Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Chatham Charter was able to grind out a solid win over Woods Charter, taking the game 47-34.
Jonah Ridgill was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Chatham Charter's points. Another player making a difference was Aidan Allred, who scored 17 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Southern Wake Academy stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They blew past River Mill 79-31 at home. Winning may never get old, but Southern Wake Academy sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Southern Wake Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Chris Crudup out in front who scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and six assists. Crudup hasn't dropped below two steals for eight straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Seung Surmons, who scored 27 points.
Chatham Charter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 19-11 record this season. As for Southern Wake Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-9.
Chatham Charter came up short against Southern Wake Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 62-50. Can Chatham Charter avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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