Beddingfield is 2-8 against North Johnston since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Beddingfield Bruins will head out on the road to square off against the North Johnston Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Beddingfield has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 770 points over their last 11 games.
A well-balanced attack led Beddingfield over Spring Creek in every quarter on their way to victory on Monday. Everything went Beddingfield's way against Spring Creek as Beddingfield made off with a 74-48 victory. Given Beddingfield's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 231st, while Spring Creek is ranked 578th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jhion Ashby was the offensive standout of the game as he scored 20 points. He has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. Jayonta Blanchard was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Meanwhile, North Johnston stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Princeton 64-36 on the road. Winning may never get old, but North Johnston sure is getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead North Johnston to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ayden Pone, who scored 12 points along with three blocks. It was the first time this season that Pone posted two or more blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Cory Barnes, who scored nine points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Beddingfield has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for North Johnston, their victory bumped their record up to 20-3.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Beddingfield hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 58.5 points per game. However, it's not like North Johnston struggles in that department as they've been averaging 64.9 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Beddingfield couldn't quite finish off North Johnston in their previous matchup on February 6th and fell 75-72. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Johnston's Marcel Freeman, who scored 34 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Now that Beddingfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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