Basketball Recap: Lumberton Comes Up Short

After flying high against South View last Tuesday, Lumberton came back down to earth. The Lumberton Pirates were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 51-50 to the Seventy-First Falcons. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Falcons this season, with their most recent loss being a 75-66 defeat last Tuesday.

Jaiden Shephard

Rebounds

02/22/25 @ Seventy-First	12
02/18/25 vs South View	14
02/17/25 vs Gray's Creek	10
02/14/25 @ Purnell Swett	25
02/13/25 @ Cape Fear	14
+ 45 more games

Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jaiden Shephard, who dropped a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Shephard is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in each of the last 50 games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Christopher Hammonds, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Even though they lost, Lumberton smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 22 consecutive contests.

Lumberton's defeat dropped their record down to 22-5. As for Seventy-First, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 20-3.

As of now, neither Lumberton nor Seventy-First have any future games scheduled.