It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the First Flight Nighthawks can now relate to. They took a 76-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pirates. While losing is never fun, First Flight can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while Swansboro is ranked 38th).
When it comes to explaining why First Flight lost on Tuesday, one person who can't be blamed is Mason Dobie. Despite the final result, he shot 6-for-19 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 56 points and 13 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Dobie has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Wagner, who scored three points along with six rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Swansboro to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jermaine Cunningham, who scored 18 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Cunningham has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Tayvion Tangiora was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
First Flight's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-11. As for Swansboro, the win was the 27th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 28-1.
First Flight does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Swansboro, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Seventy-First at 6:00 p.m. on March 8th. Swansboro knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 27 matches -- so hopefully Seventy-First likes a good challenge.
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