The Middle Creek Mustangs are taking a road trip to face off against the Apex Friendship Patriots at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Middle Creek has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Apex Friendship will come in with three straight wins.
On Friday, Middle Creek came up short against Green Hope and fell 43-36.
Meanwhile, Apex Friendship didn't have too much trouble with Holly Springs on Friday as they won 65-47. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Golden Hawks are ranked 323rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Apex Friendship pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.2 points per game. As for Middle Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Middle Creek was taken down by Apex Friendship 64-35 when the teams last played back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Apex Friendship's Jasmine Nivar, who dropped a double-double on 31 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Middle Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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