It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Spartanburg Vikings can now relate to. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 76-54 walloping at the hands of the Patriots on Friday. While losing is never fun, Spartanburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while J.L. Mann is ranked eighth).
Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was De'Asia Bridges, who scored 11 points along with three steals. Bridges hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Azaria Sims, who scored nine points.
Leading J.L. Mann to victory were Jade Hailstock and Imari Richardson. Hailstock almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds, while Richardson dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hailstock has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Anaya Dillard, who scored 12 points along with four steals.
Spartanburg's loss dropped their record down to 11-16. As for J.L. Mann, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Spartanburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for J.L. Mann, they will head out on the road to face off against Gaffney at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. J.L. Mann is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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