The Carmel Christian Cougars will challenge the Christ School Greenies at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Carmel Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 73-65 victory over Providence Day. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cougars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Chargers are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Christ School entered their tilt with Forsyth Country Day on Tuesday with three consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Furies by a score of 75-65. 75 seems to be a good number for the Greenies as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Carmel Christian better keep an eye on Zymicah Wilkins. He was instrumental in Christ School's win, dropping a double-double with 29 points and 19 rebounds. Wilkins is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as he's posted one of at least 50% in the last 15 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Dacen Petty, who went 7-for-14 on his way to 20 points and three steals.
Christ School pushed their record up to 25-2 with the win, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.6 points over those games. As for Carmel Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-8.
Carmel Christian was dealt a bruising 74-42 defeat at the hands of Christ School when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Can Carmel Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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