The Perquimans Pirates have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome the Pamlico County Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on March 5th. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Perquimans walked away with it. They enjoyed a cozy 52-36 win over the Tigers on Friday. Given Perquimans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 106th, while Triangle Math & Science is ranked 312th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pamlico County meant business on Friday, getting buckets from all over the court against a Jaguars squad that has allowed just 29.76 points per contest. Pamlico County blew past Northampton County 56-31. Pamlico County pushed the score to 46-25 by the end of the third, a deficit Northampton County had little chance of recovering from.
Pamlico County's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kyliyah Barber, who scored 13 points along with five steals. Barber is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 16 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dania Galvan-Veliz, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 13 rebounds.
Perquimans' win bumped their record up to 24-4. As for Pamlico County, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 15-13 record this season.
Perquimans strolled past Pamlico County in their previous matchup back in February of 2022 by a score of 50-34. Does Perquimans have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pamlico County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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