NCISAA State Championship Preview – 3A/4A X-Factors

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The NCISAA Championships come down to this weekend, with 4 trophies being handed out at Forsyth Country Day to each classifications champion. Read below for our previews and X-Factors for the 3A and 4A matchups.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3A- (1) Concord Academy (31-6) vs. (2) Greensboro Day (29-5)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another top two team showdown is going on in 3A, with Concord Academy and its murderers row of talent taking on another good GDS team. While not the best team legendary coach Freddy Johnson has ever had, VT commit [player_tooltip player_id='577888' first='Jaydon' last='Young'] still highlights a tough, defensively minded, and cerebral Bengals squad. Concord Academy will need to hit shots, and rely on athletic wings like [player_tooltip player_id='947095' first='Isaiah' last='Tate'] and [player_tooltip player_id='577871' first='Avion' last='Pinner'] to slow down the Bengal attack. I think this will be a back and forth game, but an absolute rock fight that ends up with the top seeded Eagles capturing a state title. <strong>SCORE PREDICTION - Concord Academy 54-46</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEY PLAYERS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>CONCORD ACADEMY</td><td>GREENSBORO DAY</td></tr><tr><td>W [player_tooltip player_id='577871' first='Avion' last='Pinner'] - 15.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 2.4 BPG</td><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='577888' first='Jaydon' last='Young']</td></tr><tr><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='1008884' first='JJ' last='Moore'] - 11.8 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 6.4 APG</td><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='854907' first='William' last='Otto']</td></tr><tr><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='947095' first='Isaiah' last='Tate'] - 11.5 PPG, 1.9 APG</td><td>F [player_tooltip player_id='1008883' first='Joseph' last='Bachman']</td></tr><tr><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='956789' first='Noah' last='Van Bibber'] - 9.9 PPG, 36% 3P%</td><td>W [player_tooltip player_id='577876' first='Julius' last='Reese Jr'].</td></tr><tr><td>C [player_tooltip player_id='1641137' first='Peter' last='Asceric'] - 8.2 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.7 BPG</td><td>W [player_tooltip player_id='1284842' first='Addison' last='Newkirk']</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4A - (1) Carmel Christian (28-3) vs. (2) Christ School (30-4)</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two heavyweights collide in a massive battle to finish up championship Saturday. Carmel Christian has two awesome wings in Mustaf and Cash, but not as much interior skill and size as Christ School. Richards and Robinson for Christ School will be huge to control the interior battle, but Cokley will have a tough matchup with Mustaf in order to score the points he needs to in order for Christ School to be in it. This will be a titanic clash, but I have a feeling Christ School sneaks out of Winston-Salem with this one for a ring. <strong>SCORE PREDICTION- Christ School 60-59</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>KEY PLAYERS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>CARMEL CHRISTIAN</td><td>CHRIST SCHOOL</td></tr><tr><td>W [player_tooltip player_id='1127312' first='Jaeden' last='Mustaf'] - 15.7 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.8 SPG</td><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='951365' first='Keenan' last='Wilkins'] - 14.4 PPG, 4.5 APG, 41% 3P%</td></tr><tr><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='854884' first='Bryce' last='Cash'] - 15.0 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 3.5 APG</td><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='865287' first='Jamari' last='Briggs'] - 12.5 PPG, 2.6 RPG</td></tr><tr><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='1278827' first='Khamani' last='Wertz'] - 8.7 PPG, 35% 3P%</td><td>W [player_tooltip player_id='746053' first='Emanuel' last='Richards']- 11.9 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.2 APG</td></tr><tr><td>F [player_tooltip player_id='1338305' first='Michael' last='Marcus Jr']. - 7.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG</td><td>C [player_tooltip player_id='1049230' first='Anthony' last='Robinson'] - 8.9 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.6 BPG</td></tr><tr><td>G <strong>Jackson Burnham </strong>- 5.9 PPG, 43% 3P%</td><td>G [player_tooltip player_id='1076360' first='Bryson' last='Cokley'] - 9.5 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 38% 3P%</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->