Basketball Recap: South Granville Takes a Loss

South Granville lost against Louisburg last Saturday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The South Granville Vikings were beaten by the Louisburg Warriors 73-39. The Vikings were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-14.

Alayah Flowers

Points

02/11/25 @ Louisburg	17
02/07/25 vs Southern School of Energy and Sustainability	20
02/04/25 vs Durham School of the Arts	20
02/01/25 vs Louisburg	19
01/31/25 @ J.F. Webb	19

When it comes to explaining why South Granville lost, don't look at Alayah Flowers. Despite the final result, she posted 17 points. Flowers has been hot, having posted 17 or more points the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Amya Cheek, who put up seven points.

It was another big night for CHLOE ARRINGTON, who went 15-for-30 to rack up 33 points in addition to six assists and six steals for Louisburg. That makes it five consecutive games in which ARRINGTON has scored at least a third of Louisburg's points. OMARI JACKSON was another key player, going 5-for-7 en route to 13 points and three steals.

South Granville has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 14 games, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-14 record this season. As for Louisburg, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8.

South Granville has already played their next contest (against Carrboro), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Louisburg, they will square off against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Louisburg's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.