The Asheboro Blue Comets will venture away from home to face off against the Ledford Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Ledford will be up against a hot Asheboro squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Asheboro walked away with a 66-54 win over North Davidson on Tuesday. Given the Blue Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Black Knights are ranked 424th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Ledford on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Montgomery Central out of the water with an 83-30 final score. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight games by 22 points or more this season.
Asheboro's record now sits at 13-6. As for Ledford, their record now sits at 17-3.
Asheboro came up short against Ledford when the teams last played back in January, falling 64-56. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ledford's Isaiah Peele, who went 8 of 13 en route to 26 points. Now that Asheboro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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