CGHR March Madness: Senior Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>March is always an active month on the high school basketball calendar. It is typically the month where state champions are crowned and the high school season passes the baton to the AAU scene for the ensuing few months.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of those club events took place in the Pee Dee as a number of teams from both Carolinas converged on the Pearl Moore Basketball Center for the Carolina Girls Hoops Report-hosted CGHR March Madness event.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We at Prep Girls Hoops also made the trip to Florence for Saturday's games. Typically, seniors conclude their high school careers with their respective teams, but a few are giving it one more cycle through the travel realm before transitioning to college. Some of those were on hand in Florence and they arrived ready to show out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["124111"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":624772,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cp style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003eTypically, players call it a travel career following their senior seasons in high school. Lowe is an exception as she is running on the club circuit one final team before advancing into the college ranks. 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