The Granville Central Panthers entered their tilt with the Carrboro Jaguars with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Granville Central strolled past Carrboro with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 64-49. Given Granville Central's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while Carrboro is ranked 379th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Granville Central to victory were Cj Alston and Jordan Alston. Alston scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals, while Alston scored 23 points along with six rebounds and five steals. Alston is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last ten games he's played. Trent Harrington was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with 13 rebounds.
Several Jaguars players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Bakari Watkins, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and six blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Kanjorski, who scored 14 points.
Granville Central's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5. As for Carrboro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-9.
Granville Central will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Durham School of the Arts at 6:00 p.m. on January 30th. Hopefully Durham School of the Arts focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday. As for Carrboro, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Southern Durham at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Southern Durham has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
