Chatham Central won the last time they faced Bartlett Yancey and things went their way on Friday too. The Chatham Central Bears took down the Bartlett Yancey Buccaneers 72-57. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 443rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
| 01/24/25 vs Bartlett Yancey | 23 |
| 01/17/25 @ Southeast Alamance | 18 |
| 01/16/25 @ Northwood | 19 |
| 01/08/25 @ Cedar Ridge | 16 |
| 01/03/25 vs Cummings | 24 |
Chatham Central had a senior duo take command as Reid Albright dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards and Luke Gaines went 7 of 12 en route to 24 points. The matchup was Albright's 11th in a row with at least ten points. Jeremiah Young was another key player, putting up ten points and four steals.
Chatham Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bartlett Yancey only racked up five assists.
Bartlett Yancey lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jaden Carolina, who posted eight points along with 20 rebounds and four steals. Carolina is becoming a predictor of Bartlett Yancey's success: when he posts at least eight boards the team is 2-1 (and 2-6 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of James Jones, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Chatham Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Bartlett Yancey, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Seaforth the next time they take the court. Bartlett Yancey will host Seaforth at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, while Chatham Central will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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