The Catawba Ridge Copperheads and the Independence Patriots will face off at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Catawba Ridge will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were beaten by Charlotte Country Day School 68-36.
Despite the defeat, Catawba Ridge saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Isaiah Thomas went 8 for 13 on his way to 17 points. Elijah Peters was another key player, putting up seven points.
Meanwhile, Independence is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Lancaster. Independence took a 70-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lancaster. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Jaxson Neely and Jordan Watford. Watford had a great game and went 7 of 10 en route to 17 points along with seven assists and seven boards. Meanwhile, Neely did his best for the losing side, posting ten points and five rebounds.
With the loss, Independence broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-2. As for Catawba Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Catawba Ridge has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 26.8 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Independence struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27.8 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
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