Uwharrie Charter Academy’s Naimah Al-Arif looks to take a shot with Randleman’s Chenleigh Robinson defending during last week’s PAC girls’ basketball game. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record)
Southwestern Randolph’s girls’ basketball team has put together a special season that keeps on growing.
The Cougars (22-0) entered this week with only Tuesday night’s home clash against Uwharrie Charter Academy remaining in the regular season. They’ll be when next week in the Piedmont Athletic Conference Tournament.
Their 66-26 victory against visiting Eastern Randolph last week came with Maddie Strider’s 13 points and Kenzie Martin’s 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Strider’s 11 points were tops when Southwestern Randolph prevailed with a 44-39 victory against host Wheatmore. Katelyn Whitehart had 13 points for Wheatmore.
** UCA defeated Randleman for the first time ever in girls’ basketball as Nevaeh Staples compiled 16 points in a 48-41 home victory.
“We as a coaching staff always believed we could complete at that level,” UCA coach Austin Davis said. “The team realized that they can play at that level.”
Bella Byman had 12 points for Randleman, which won the first 10 matchups with the Eagles.
UCA secured a chance to finish in second place by defeating host Eastern Randoph 49-23 on Friday night. Staples and Naimah Al-Arif each had eight points for UCA.
That result to cap the week gave UCA 19 victories, matching a program record.
** It was quite a week for Providence Grove, beginning with a 60-26 trouncing of visiting Trinity.
Later, Providence Grove completed a regular-season sweep of Randleman with Laurel Bernhart tallying 28 points in a 46-37 road victory.
The Patriots also had a 43-27 non-conference victory against visiting Southern Alamance.
