The South Mecklenburg Sabres will challenge the Ballantyne Ridge Wolves at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Mecklenburg has five straight victories, Ballantyne Ridge has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Ballantyne Ridge heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when South Mecklenburg took over last week. South Mecklenburg walked away with a 51-41 win over Palisades last Friday. Given the Sabres' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Pumas are ranked 315th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South Mecklenburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chloe Grant, who posted 13 points in addition to eight rebounds and five blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Iryiah Wallace, who put up 11 points.
South Mecklenburg smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Ballantyne Ridge played a tough contest on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Palisades, falling 77-32. The Wolves were down 41-20 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
South Mecklenburg's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-2. As for Ballantyne Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.
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