North Carolina High School Basketball - North Pitt knocked off by SouthWest Edgecombe
January 22, 2021: Pinetops, NC 27864 The SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars basketball team scored 58 points and held the visiting North Pitt Panthers to 42 in the Cougars league triumph on Friday.
The Cougars now sport a 6-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Farmville Central for a Eastern Plains 2A contest on Tuesday, January 26. SouthWest Edgecombe will battle a Jaguars team coming off a 100-73 league win over Nash Central (Rocky Mount, NC). The Jaguars record now stands at 4-0.
The Panthers (1-4) will now prepare for their contest against North Johnston (Kenly, NC). The Panthers enter the Eastern Plains 2A contest with a 1-3 record. In their last contest, North Johnston was defeated by Greenfield (Wilson, NC), 81-31, in a non-league contest.