The High Point Academy Grizzlies and the Chapman Panthers will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. High Point Academy will be strutting in after a win while Chapman will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, High Point Academy beat Greenville Tech Charter 31-25. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Grizzlies.
Meanwhile, Chapman was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were three points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 45-42 heartbreaker at the hands of Blue Ridge. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Fighting Tigers 10-0 in the first quarter.
High Point Academy will have to keep a close watch on Kara Twitty and Elliot Miller, a pair of players who had a big impact on Chapman's prior game. Twitty dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten boards, while Miller posted nine points along with five assists and five steals. Twitty is becoming a predictor of Chapman's success: when she posts at least eight boards the team is 3-1 (and 2-4 when she doesn't).
High Point Academy's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Chapman, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
High Point Academy skirted past Chapman 65-62 in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. Does High Point Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Chapman turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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