North Carolina High School Basketball - Seventy-First nudges Gray's Creek
January 5, 2024: Hope Mills, NC 28348 In Friday's league outing, the Seventy-First Falcons (Fayetteville, NC) basketball squad edged the host Gray's Creek Bears (Hope Mills, NC), by a count of 50-45.
The Falcons (4-7) will now prepare for their outing against Cape Fear (Fayetteville, NC). The Colts go into the 3A/4A United 8 outing with a 9-0 record. In their last outing, Cape Fear held off Purnell Swett (Pembroke, NC), 73-43, in a league outing.
The Bears now hold a 2-7 record. They play next when they travel to Douglas Byrd for a 3A/4A United 8 outing on Tuesday, January 9. Gray's Creek will clash with a Eagles squad coming off a 53-33 league loss to South View (Hope Mills, NC). The Eagles record now stands at 2-8.