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North Carolina High School Basketball - Red Springs can't hold off Lumberton
January 14, 2023: Red Springs, NC 28377
The Lumberton Pirates basketball team scored 56 points and held the host Red Springs Red Devils to 52 in the Pirates non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Pirates now sport a 13-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Purnell Swett for a 3A/4A Conference 22 contest on Tuesday, January 17. Lumberton will battle a Rams team coming off a 89-65 league win over Douglas Byrd (Fayetteville, NC). The Rams record now stands at 6-9.
The Red Devils (11-5) will now prepare for their contest against East Bladen (Elizabethtown, NC). The Eagles enter the 2A Conference 7 contest with a 12-2 record. In their last contest, East Bladen nudged Fairmont (Fairmont, NC), 55-52, in a league contest.
