Neuse Charter and Rosewood are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Neuse Charter Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Rosewood Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neuse Charter has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Neuse Charter's strategy against Union on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Neuse Charter blew Union out of the water with a 79-33 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Neuse Charter had established a 31 point advantage.
Demonte Jackson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 23 points along with seven steals and two blocks. It was the first time this season that he posted two or more blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayvin Bradley, who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Rosewood beat Lakewood 62-53 on Thursday. The victory was just what Rosewood needed coming off of a 73-34 loss in their prior contest.
Neuse Charter's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-18. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.1 points per game. As for Rosewood, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Neuse Charter, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 53-39 loss to Rosewood when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Neuse Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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