Basketball Recap: Wallace-Rose Hill's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

Wallace-Rose Hill was the 77-53 winner over North Lenoir when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs fell 63-53 to the North Lenoir Hawks on Friday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Bulldogs came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Hawks are ranked 435th).

Bulldogs

Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 @ North Lenoir	53-63
01/28/25 @ South Lenoir	63-55
01/27/25 @ James Kenan	67-53
01/16/25 vs East Duplin	74-48
01/14/25 @ Kinston	53-59

The defeat snapped Wallace-Rose Hill's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-4 record. As for North Lenoir, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-14 record.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wallace-Rose Hill will venture away from home to take on Clinton at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Wallace-Rose Hill is facing Clinton at the right time seeing as Clinton is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for North Lenoir, they will square off against East Duplin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Duplin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.8 points per game this season.