The East Chapel Hill Wildcats and the Southeast Alamance Stallions will round out the year against one another at at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: East Chapel Hill has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Southeast Alamance will arrive with four straight victories.
It was a proper cat-fight when East Chapel Hill took on Trinity Academy on Saturday. East Chapel Hill had to suffer through a 82-51 loss at the hands of Trinity Academy. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 460th, while the Tigers are ranked 79th).
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Southeast Alamance on Friday. They came out on top against Eastern Alamance by a score of 78-66.
Southeast Alamance's win came from a few key players East Chapel Hill will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Davian Edwards, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 24 points. His evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Jerry Sims was another key player, dropping a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds.
Southeast Alamance smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
Southeast Alamance pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.7 points per game. As for East Chapel Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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