NCHSAA: 5 Conference Tournaments to Watch Tonight

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's Conference Tournament Championship time! Here's a look at 5 Conference Tournament games to keep an eye on tonight in the NCHSAA ranks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Wake Forest @ Millbrook - 6:30 PM</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Northern Athletic Conference title will be on the line as the Wildcats (18-7) host the Cougars (17-9). Wake Forest defeated the Wildcats this past Friday in their final regular season matchup, 58-56, so this one should definitely be an interesting battle. Nijel Lucas, [player_tooltip player_id='1278008' first='AJ' last='Smalls'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1350160' first='Jaevian' last='Alston'] face off against [player_tooltip player_id='1343867' first='Gabriel' last='Cerda'], [player_tooltip player_id='1272558' first='Colt' last='Langdon'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1785531' first='Brandon' last='Callahan']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Southeast Raleigh @ Garner - 7:30 PM</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Southeast Raleigh has battled in the conference tournament, up-ending Willow Springs and Fuquay-Varina to make their way into the title game. They'll look to play spoiler against Garner High (23-3) as they've been unstoppable with [player_tooltip player_id='997729' first='Tanner' last='Mikulecky'], [player_tooltip player_id='1385670' first='Chris' last='Crudup'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1585788' first='Keaton' last='Bloms'] leading the charge. They'll look to secure the conference tournament title for the second year in a row.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Southern Guilford @ Ben L. Smith - 7:30 PM</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ben L. Smith has been one of the pleasant surprises in the Mid-State 3A as they're 13-2 and look to unseat regular season champion Southern Guilford led by [player_tooltip player_id='1273255' first='Jamias' last='Ferere'] and Jucquarie Love. Unsigned senior Markquan Gilbert will look to play spoiler against Southern Guilford and lead the way for the Eagles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Westover @ EE Smith - 8:00 PM</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>College of Charleston signee [player_tooltip player_id='1168305' first='James' last='Scott'] looks to lead EE Smith to a conference tournament title with Westover High in the way. [player_tooltip player_id='1168308' first='Malik' last='Brunson'] has been playing well in the backcourt as well. [player_tooltip player_id='1076361' first='Ari' last='Fulton'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1743971' first='Malechi' last='Allen'] will look to overwhelm the Golden Bulls in the frontcourt and play spoiler. [player_tooltip player_id='1448651' first='Almare' last='Josey'] has been shooting the ball well on the perimeter as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Jordan @ Hillside - 8:15 PM</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Jordan Falcons will look to stay unbeaten in DAC-VII Conference Tournament Championship with [player_tooltip player_id='1350176' first='RJ' last='Bridges'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1143945' first='Walker' last='Woodall'] leading the charge in the backcourt. Hillside (15-9) will look to play spoiler and knock the Falcons off the top of the with 2024s [player_tooltip player_id='1076355' first='Jayde' last='Braswell'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1374129' first='Devin' last='Sims']. They've got a chance to help their seeding with a potential victory over a tough Jordan High squad.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->