Catawba Ridge lost against Indian Land back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads took a hard 50-36 fall against the Indian Land Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Copperheads can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Warriors are ranked seventh).
Catawba Ridge lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Elijah Peters, who posted 12 points. Another player making a difference was Mark Caslaru, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Even though they lost, Catawba Ridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Indian Land only pulled down six offensive rebounds.
Sequel Patterson was his usual excellent self, going 7 of 14 on his way to 17 points in addition to six rebounds and five steals for Indian Land. Patterson has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Jones, who had 12 points.
Copperheads
| 01/09/25 @ Indian Land | 36-50 |
| 01/08/25 @ South Point | 51-49 |
| 01/06/25 @ Lexington | 60-49 |
| 01/03/25 vs Northwestern | 45-31 |
| 12/30/24 vs Piedmont | 55-49 |
Catawba Ridge moved to 8-9 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Indian Land, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-1.
Catawba Ridge will square off against Nation Ford at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Nation Ford's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five matches. As for Indian Land, they will head out to challenge Clover at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Indian Land is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 66 points per game this season.
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