Basketball Recap: Leesville Road Pride vs. Northern Guilford Nighthawks
If Leesville Road was riding high fresh off their 68-34 takedown of Cary on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Leesville Road Pride lost 63-43 to the Northern Guilford Nighthawks on Wednesday.
Several Pride players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Mattie Matonic, who went 7 for 16 en route to 17 points plus three steals. The dominant performance also gave Matonic a new career-high in threes (two). Chloe Fulk was another key player, posting 12 points in addition to eight rebounds.
Malena DeLisa went supernova for Northern Guilford, dropping a double-double on 18 points and ten assists. DeLisa has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 11 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Leena McField, who earned 21 points in addition to eight rebounds and two steals.
Leesville Road's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Leesville Road will venture away from home to face off against North Pitt at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Northern Guilford, they will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on Eastern Alamance at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northern Guilford will be looking to keep their 12-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
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