Northside - Pinetown is 4-0 against Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech since November of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Northside - Pinetown Panthers will host the Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech Griffins at 8:30 p.m. Hopefully Northside - Pinetown focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 13 on Tuesday.
Northside - Pinetown is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Mattamuskeet: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Northside - Pinetown blew Mattamuskeet out of the water with an 80-33 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 42 point advantage.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Northside - Pinetown to victory, but perhaps none more so than Malachi Moore, who went 9 for 16 en route to 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Zi'Mier Alexander, who made all 6 shots he took racking up 12 points plus five rebounds.
Northside - Pinetown smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 11 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 23rd straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 58-43 bruising from Columbia. One positive for the Griffins, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Northside - Pinetown, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Everything came up roses for Northside - Pinetown against Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 78-22 victory. In that game, Northside - Pinetown amassed a halftime lead of 41-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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