North Carolina High School Basketball - Union Pines holds off Richmond
January 7, 2025: Rockingham, NC 28380
The Union Pines Vikings basketball team scored 53 points and limited the host Richmond Raiders to 52 in the Vikings league triumph on Tuesday.
The Vikings now possess a 14-0 record. They play next when they host Hoke County for a 3A/4A Sandhills game on Thursday, January 9. Union Pines will confront a Bucks team coming off a 52-36 league loss to Southern Lee (Sanford, NC). The Bucks record now stands at 3-11.
With the loss, Richmond falls to 9-5 on the campaign. The Raiders travel to Lee County (Sanford, NC) to confront the Yellow Jackets in a 3A/4A Sandhills game on Friday, January 10. The Yellow Jackets go into the game with a record of 6-6. Lee County lost 47-21 in their recent league game against Pinecrest (Southern Pines, NC)