Eastern Randolph’s Tyler Gee puts up a shot against Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Jaxon Mabe during a boys’ basketball game earlier this month at UCA. Eastern Randolph pulled out the Piedmont Athletic Conference victory, but the teams are now tied atop the league standings. (Randolph Record)
Eastern Randolph played on back-to-back days with mixed results in boys’ basketball last week, but the Wildcats maintained their status as a Piedmont Athletic Conference contender.
Eastern Randolph drilled host Trinity 83-49 behind Timothy Brower’s 24 points and Julian Brooks’ 24 points Friday night.
The next day, the Wildcats were in Kinston for a neutral-site, non-conference clash with Southwest Onslow, which won 68-57. Brower had 20 points, but Southwest Onslow improved to 13-2.
Entering this week, Eastern Randolph, Randleman and Uwharrie Charter Academy are in a three-way tie for first place in the PAC with 4-1 records.
** Randleman, which entered this week at 13-1 overall, didn’t have a PAC game last week.
The Tigers also were part of a neutral-site outing, nipping Winston-Salem Reynolds 65-63 on Saturday at West Forsyth in Clemmons.
A rematch between Eastern Randolph and Randleman is set for Jan. 28 at Randleman. The Tigers won 47-45 in last month’s first meeting.
** UCA has done its part to remain a league contender. The Eagles rolled past visiting Southwestern Randolph 71-43 as Braeden Lamb racked up 21 points and Aaron Smith had 17 points.
That result gave UCA one more conference victory than all of last season and matched the team’s league win total from the 2022-23 season.
** Providence Grove used 22 points from Will Dabbs and 18 points from Andrew Thomas in a 58-49 victory against visiting Wheatmore.
Weston Driggers had 17 points for the Warriors.
** In the Mid-Piedmont Conference, Asheboro dropped to 0-3 in league play with a 64-56 home loss to Ledford despite Elijah Woodle’s 17 points and Osiris Rodriguez’s 16 points.
