Senior Carson Evans led the way with 24 points for North Meck, while senior Chadlyn Traylor had 22 points. The high school in Huntersville captured its fourth state title, all of which have come at the 4A level and have happened in the past 20 years.

A big fourth-quarter performance by Ashton Pierce helped propel North Meckelnburg to a win. After scoring just four points off four free throws in the first three quarters, the junior guard recorded 13 points in the fourth quarter,

North Mecklenburg did win two meetings against Chambers this season before the 75-70 loss on Feb. 21. It beat the Cougars 76-73 on Jan. 9 and 83-62 on Feb. 7 en-route to a regular season sweep of the 3A/4A Queen City Athletic Conference.

North Mecklenburg beat Mecklenburg County rival Chambers in a hotly-contested NCHSAA 4A Western Regional championship game Wednesday, advancing to back-to-back state finals

Chambers and N. Mecklenburg will hit the court on Wednesday, March 12 at 2 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network.

For the second consecutive season, New Hanover will play for a N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A boys basketball state championship. The Wildcats will face the same team they lost to last season in the finals,