The Leesville Road Pride are taking a road trip to square off against the North Pitt Panthers at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Leesville Road focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Wednesday.
Leesville Road is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Northern Guilford on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Leesville Road came up short against Northern Guilford, falling 63-43.
Despite their loss, Leesville Road saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Mattie Matonic, who went 7 for 16 en route to 17 points plus three steals, was perhaps the best of all. The dominant performance also gave Matonic a new career-high in threes (two). Another player making a difference was Chloe Fulk, who posted 12 points in addition to eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Pitt didn't have too much breathing room in their match against New Bern on Thursday, but they still walked away with a 31-26 victory.
Leesville Road's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for North Pitt, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
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