The Catawba Ridge Copperheads will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the South Point Red Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Catawba Ridge has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Catawba Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They skirted past Palisades 50-48.
Brooke Berninzoni continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 2.5 steals per game. Another player making a difference was Brooks Dority, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Catawba Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for South Point against York on Thursday as the squad secured a 69-25 win. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-12.
South Point now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Catawba Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Things could have been worse for Catawba Ridge, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-47 loss to South Point in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Point's Amya Graham, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 20 rebounds. Now that Catawba Ridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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