North Carolina High School Basketball - Lumberton trounces Fairmont
January 4, 2023: Lumberton, NC 28358 The Lumberton Pirates (Lumberton, NC) basketball crushed the visiting Fairmont Golden Tornadoes (Fairmont, NC), 74-45 in Wednesday's non-league test.
The Pirates (10-1) will now prepare for their test against Gray's Creek (Hope Mills, NC). The Bears go into the 3A/4A Conference 22 test with a 2-8 record. In their last test, Gray's Creek walloped Douglas Byrd (Fayetteville, NC), 63-31, in a league test.
The Golden Tornadoes now own a 2-9 record. They play next when they host Clinton for a 2A Conference 7 test on Friday, January 6. Fairmont will encounter a Dark Horses squad coming off a 61-38 league loss to East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC). The Dark Horses record now stands at 3-8.