Basketball Recap: Five Straight Home Victories for Apex Friendship

By Team Reports Jan 29, 2025, 6:52am

Basketball Recap: Apex Friendship Patriots vs. Middle Creek Mustangs

There's no place like home for Apex Friendship, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They walked away with a 56-48 victory over the Middle Creek Mustangs on Tuesday. This was a revenge game for the Patriots: when they faced off against the Mustangs back in December of 2024, they had to take a 58-55 loss.

When it comes to explaining why Middle Creek lost, don't look at Yasir Hall. Despite the final result, he posted 19 points. That was a full 39.6% of Middle Creek's points, marking the third time in a row he's scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Greyson Land, who had ten points.

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Previous 5 Games (Home)

01/28/25 vs Middle Creek56-48
01/15/25 vs Panther Creek52-43
12/17/24 vs Green Hope64-57
12/10/24 vs Holly Springs70-43
11/26/24 vs Northern Durham78-49

Apex Friendship's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. As for Middle Creek, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-9.

Apex Friendship is taking a road trip to square off against Green Hope at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Middle Creek, they and Apex will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Apex has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

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