Recap: Surry Central Golden Eagles vs. North Surry Greyhounds
The Surry Central Golden Eagles struggled with assists on Tuesday (the North Surry Greyhounds had 13 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Surry Central fell 53-43 to North Surry. Surry Central has not had much luck with North Surry recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Surry Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Layla Wall, who scored six points along with seven steals. Wall hasn't dropped below three steals for four straight games. Another player making a difference was Sierra Carpenter, who scored eight points along with five rebounds and two steals.
North Surry got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Sadie Badgett out in front who scored 18 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Badgett has scored at least a third of North Surry's points. Kalyn Collins was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with five assists and two blocks.
Surry Central has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-9 record this season. As for North Surry, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-4.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Surry Central will take on East Surry at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Surry Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday. As for North Surry, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against North Wilkes at 6:30 p.m. North Surry is on a five-game streak of home wins, North Wilkes a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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