After flying high against Smithfield-Selma last Thursday, East Wake came back down to earth. The East Wake Warriors were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 32-31 to the West Johnston Wildcats. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Warriors this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 41-25 back in January.
Despite the defeat, East Wake saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Shanel Harrison posted four points and six rebounds.
Leading West Johnston to victory were Makenzie Ricks and Trinity Perry Moore. Ricks scored 11 points, while Perry Moore had 11 points.
East Wake's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for West Johnston, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season.
East Wake has already played their next contest, a 40-30 win against Hunt on the 4th. West Johnston has also already played their next match (against Smithfield-Selma), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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