Basketball Recap: West Rowan Comes Up Short

West Rowan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were dealt a 63-32 loss at the hands of the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 553rd, while the Trojans are ranked 123rd).

West Rowan's defeat dropped their record down to 1-17. As for Northwest Cabarrus, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.

West Rowan and Lake Norman Charter will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Lake Norman Charter knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten contests -- so hopefully West Rowan likes a good challenge. As for Northwest Cabarrus, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Robinson at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwest Cabarrus is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), Robinson a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.