Basketball Recap: Colby Pennington's Big Game Can't Quite Lead North Moore over Chatham Central

North Moore lost against Chatham Central back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The North Moore Mustangs fell to the Chatham Central Bears 66-60. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Bears are ranked 180th).

Colby Pennington

Rebounds

02/14/25 vs Chatham Central	10
02/12/25 vs Southeast Alamance	11
02/11/25 @ Cummings	19
02/07/25 vs Graham	12
02/05/25 vs Cummings	12
02/04/25 vs Seaforth	10

North Moore's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Colby Pennington, who dropped a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds. Pennington is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down ten or more in each of the last six games he's played. Brandon Powell was another key player, going 7-for-11 to rack up 17 points.

Reid Albright continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Chatham Central, going 10-for-13 en route to 25 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. The dominant performance also gave Albright a new career-high in field goal percentage (77%). Another player making a difference was Brennen Oldham, who went 7-for-16 on his way to 17 points and six boards.

North Moore has traveled a rocky road recently having lost 13 of their last 15 games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points over those games. As for Chatham Central, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.

North Moore didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 100-26 defeat against Northwood on the 17th. As for Chatham Central, they have also already played their next contest, a 75-42 win against Jordan-Matthews on the 17th.