The Mountain Island Charter Raptors are on the road again on Friday and plays the South Stanly Rowdy Rebel Bulls at 6:00 p.m. on March 1st. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Mountain Island Charter walked away with it. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 82-73 on Tuesday. The victory was just what Mountain Island Charter needed coming off of a 82-51 loss in their prior matchup.
Mountain Island Charter's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kola Abudu, who scored 23 points, and Christan Jones, who scored 29 points. That makes it four consecutive games in which Jones has scored at least a third of Mountain Island Charter's points. Another player making a difference was Jayden Massey, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, South Stanly had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They strolled past East Wilkes with points to spare, taking the game 66-50.
Mountain Island Charter's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-13. As for South Stanly, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season.
Mountain Island Charter was able to grind out a solid victory over South Stanly when the teams last played back in December of 2021, winning 55-45. Does Mountain Island Charter have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Stanly turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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