North Carolina High School Basketball - Bessemer City can't hold off Thomas Jefferson
January 3, 2024: Mooresboro, NC 28114
The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets basketball team (Bessemer City, NC), was nudged 51-45 in Wednesday's league battle with the host Thomas Jefferson Gryphons (Mooresboro, NC)
The Gryphons now possess a 6-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Highland Tech for a 1A/2A Southern Piedmont battle on Friday, January 5. Thomas Jefferson will battle a Rams team coming off a 50-20 league loss to Burns (Lawndale, NC). The Rams record now stands at 9-2.
The Yellow Jackets (3-10) will now prepare for their battle against East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC). The Warriors come into the 1A/2A Southern Piedmont battle with a 1-6 record. In their last battle, East Gaston edged North Gaston (Dallas, NC), 31-24, in a non-league battle.