Basketball Recap: Overhills Skates Past North Pitt with Ease

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Overhills on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the North Pitt Panthers out of the water with an 80-32 final score. The Jaguars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 24 points or more this season.

Leading Overhills to victory were Najiha Allen and Paris Autry. Allen dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 boards, while Autry went 10 of 15 on her way to 25 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. Autry's afternoon made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabby Frank, who posted eight points and four steals.

Jaguars

Offensive Rebounds

12/20/24 @ North Pitt	19
02/01/24 vs Lee County	19
12/28/23 @ Lee County	16
02/14/24 @ Westover	16
02/02/24 @ Western Harnett	16

Overhills smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've posted since back in February of 2024.

When it comes to explaining why North Pitt lost, don't look at Zihanna Lightfoot. Despite the final result, she almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten boards. Lightfoot has been hot, having posted ten or more rebounds the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was NiAsia Speight, who put up seven points.

Overhills now has a winning record of 6-5. As for North Pitt, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.

Overhills will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Westover at 6:30 p.m. on January 3rd. Overhills has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for North Pitt, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 37-32 win against New Bern on the 23rd.