The Panther Creek Catamounts and the John Battle Trojans will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Panther Creek is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since February 20th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Apex as Panther Creek made off with a 69-43 victory. Given the Catamounts' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Cougars are ranked 469th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Panther Creek can attribute much of their success to Camden Hill, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds, and Savion Mitchell, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 boards. Justin Frye was another key player, putting up nine points and five rebounds.
Panther Creek smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, John Battle beat Sullivan East 63-51 on Monday.
Panther Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for John Battle, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5.
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