North Central is 2-8 against Chesterfield since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The North Central Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Chesterfield Golden Rams at 7:00 p.m.
North Central is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Andrew Jackson on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. North Central had to suffer through a 90-11 loss at the hands of Andrew Jackson. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Volunteers are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, Chesterfield waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Braves by a score of 46-39.
Chesterfield's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-10. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points over those games. As for North Central, their loss dropped their record down to 1-13.
Things could have been worse for North Central, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 43-27 loss to Chesterfield when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chesterfield's Reagan Rivers, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten boards. Now that North Central 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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