Basketball Recap: Freedom Skates Past Bessemer City with Ease

Patriots

Margin (Wins)

12/10/24 @ Draughn	40
12/06/24 vs Patton	40
12/26/24 @ Bessemer City	37
12/17/24 vs East Burke	17
12/13/24 @ North Buncombe	2

Freedom had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They breezed by the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets to the tune of 91-54. The Patriots have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 26 points or more this season.

Freedom pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 87.0 points per game. As for Bessemer City, with the defeat, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-3.

Freedom and Bessemer City should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings. Freedom (ranked 90th) will meet T.C. Roberson (ranked 376th) at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Bessemer City will square off against Hibriten at 2:30 p.m. on Friday up 356 places (174 vs. 530).