Statesville High School advances to Second Round of NCHSAA Playoffs
Statesville 71 Concord 67
It was a tale of two halves in the opening round NCHSAA 3A state playoffs between Concord and Statesville High School. Statesville started red hot as they raced out to a 15-0 lead before Concord answered at the 3:30 mark of the first quarter. It looked like an early blow out as Statesville took a 23-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. It was more of the same in the second quarter as Statesville took a commanding 40-19 halftime lead.
Both teams played evenly in the third quarter and Statesville took a comfortable 60-42 lead entering the fourth quarter. Concord got hot from the 3-point line and went on a 25-9 run in the final quarter and pulled within four points with less than a minute remaining. Statesville held on and captured a 71-67 win. Now, let
