North Carolina High School Basketball - Midway can't hold off East Duplin
January 29, 2018: Dunn, NC 28366 The East Duplin Panthers basketball team scored 57 points and held the host Midway Raiders to 54 in the Panthers league triumph on Monday.
The Panthers now sport a 16-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Wallace-Rose Hill for a East Central 2A contest on Wednesday, January 31. East Duplin will battle a Bulldogs team coming off a 64-57 league loss to Goldsboro (Goldsboro, NC). The Bulldogs record now stands at 5-8.
The Raiders (17-1) will now prepare for their contest against James Kenan (Warsaw, NC). The Tigers enter the East Central 2A contest with a 9-7 record. In their last contest, James Kenan nudged Spring Creek (Seven Springs, NC), 53-28, in a league contest.