Charlotte Country Day School hasn't had much luck against Cannon recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Both will face off at 7:00 p.m. without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Charlotte Country Day School will bounce into Friday's match after beating Covenant Day, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Charlotte Country Day School took down Covenant Day 64-48 on Thursday. The Buccaneers pushed the score to 52-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Cannon had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Knights with a sharp 88-62 win. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 21 points or more this season.
Charlotte Country Day School better focus on containing Evan Ingram and Sean Nix as the pair were huge in Cannon's win. Ingram shot 5-for-5 from deep and dropped a double-double on 31 points and 11 boards, while Nix dropped a double-double on 25 points and 13 rebounds. The game was Nix's eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Sancho, who posted nine points and five boards.
Cannon has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 90.7 points per game. As for Charlotte Country Day School, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 13-10.
Things could have been worse for Charlotte Country Day School, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took an 85-68 loss to Cannon in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Charlotte Country Day School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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