Basketball Recap: St. Pauls Takes a Loss

St. Pauls was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 69-49 to the Midway Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 526th, while the Raiders are ranked 246th).

Despite the loss, St. Pauls still got an impressive performance from Theophilus Setzer, who posted 13 points. The dominant performance gave Setzer a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Yoshua Mcbryde, who scored eight points.

Midway had a senior duo take command as Kemari McNeil earned 24 points and Travis Gist had 16 points. Those 24 points set a new season-high mark for McNeil. Another player making a difference was Walker Holmes, who put up seven points.

St. Pauls' defeat dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Midway, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-3.

St. Pauls has already played their next matchup, a 64-62 win against Clinton on the 29th. As for Midway, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 62-35 victory against Red Springs on the 29th.