The Topsail Pirates will head out to challenge the West Brunswick Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.
Last Wednesday, Topsail was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 52-51 to Ashley.
Meanwhile, West Brunswick played a tough match on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 79-45 loss at the hands of New Hanover. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Wildcats are ranked 18th).
West Brunswick's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Topsail, their loss dropped their record down to 7-10.
Topsail came up short against West Brunswick in their previous meeting on January 9th, falling 55-50. Can Topsail avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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