Knightdale has gone 7-2 against Garner recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Knightdale Knights and the Garner Trojans are set to duel. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Knightdale is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by East Wake to the tune of 70-26 on Tuesday. With that victory, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 52.6 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Knightdale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ayomide Adewumi, who went 10 for 16 en route to 23 points plus six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Ja'Kiyah Moore, who made all 6 shots she took racking up 12 points plus five assists and two steals.
Knightdale was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Wake only posted two.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Garner, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 62-49 win over Middle Creek on Friday.
Garner's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points per game. As for Knightdale, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Knightdale was dealt a bruising 70-25 defeat at the hands of Garner in their previous matchup back in November of 2021. Thankfully for Knightdale, Tamia Darden (who had 18 points plus six rebounds and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
