Basketball Recap: Holly Springs Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Feb 19, 2025, 8:51pm

Basketball Recap: Holly Springs Golden Hawks vs. Apex Friendship Patriots

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Holly Springs lost against Apex Friendship back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Holly Springs Golden Hawks came up short against the Apex Friendship Patriots, falling 61-39. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Patriots are ranked 56th).

Jasmine Nivar was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 33 points and nine boards for Apex Friendship. That makes it 13 consecutive games in which Nivar has scored at least a third of Apex Friendship's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ailani Collazo, who posted two points and seven steals.

Holly Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 9-16. As for Apex Friendship, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-4.

Holly Springs does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Apex Friendship, they will head out on the road to face off against Green Level at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Apex Friendship is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.9 points per game this season.

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