Basketball Recap: Weston Driggers' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Wheatmore over Eastern Randolph

Wheatmore lost against Eastern Randolph back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Wheatmore Warriors came up short against the Eastern Randolph Wildcats, falling 87-62. The Warriors were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 51-29.

Weston Driggers

Assists (Career)

01/31/25 vs Eastern Randolph	6
01/09/25 @ Southwestern Randolph	5
01/29/25 @ Uwharrie Charter Academy	4
12/27/24 vs East Davidson	3
02/15/24 vs Providence Grove	3

Wheatmore lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Weston Driggers, who went 7 for 13 to rack up 14 points along with six assists and five boards. The dominant performance gave Driggers a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Parker Kines, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 18 points and five rebounds.

Driggers wasn't the only one working in the assist department: Wheatmore was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eastern Randolph to victory, but perhaps none more so than Timothy Brower, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. Brower is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 19 or more in the last nine games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Camden Jones, who went 7 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 27 points.

This is the second loss in a row for Wheatmore and nudges their season record down to 8-12. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 35.9% in those games and 28.9% outside of them. As for Eastern Randolph, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-6.

Wheatmore wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 51-46 loss against West Davidson on the 5th. As for Eastern Randolph, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 83-73 defeat against Lexington on the 1st.