Basketball Recap: Northwest Cabarrus Piles Up the Points Against Western Guilford

Trojans

Team Score

12/30/24 vs Western Guilford	67
12/28/24 @ High Point Central	64
12/04/24 vs A.L. Brown	62
12/20/24 vs Lake Norman Charter	61
12/03/24 vs Central Cabarrus	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest Cabarrus). They really took it to the Western Guilford Hornets for the full four quarters, racking up a 67-39 win. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Hornets are ranked 324th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Despite the loss, Western Guilford still got an impressive performance from Jainya Williams, who posted 16 points and four steals. Williams has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. Reese Miga was another key player, putting up five points and three steals.

Northwest Cabarrus pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Western Guilford, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Northwest Cabarrus will take on West Rowan at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwest Cabarrus is facing West Rowan at the right time seeing as West Rowan is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Western Guilford, they will challenge North Davidson at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Western Guilford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.4 points per game this season.