The Triton Hawks and the Rolesville Rams will face off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Triton and three for Rolesville.
Triton's tournament run continued when they took on Roosevelt on Friday. Triton came up short against Roosevelt, falling 87-67. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 154th in North Carolina, while the Roughriders are ranked ninth in District of Columbia).
Defeat or not, Triton got some senior leadership from Ro'Mello Pegues and Ahmad Morris. Pegues went 9 for 15 on his way to 26 points, while Morris dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. Morris is becoming a predictor of Triton's success: when he posts at least eight boards the team is 4-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Jamaury Taylor, who went 6 of 14 on his way to 14 points.
Meanwhile, Rolesville suffered their closest loss since February 13th on Friday. They fell just short of Hillside by a score of 54-52.
Triton's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Rolesville, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
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