West Brunswick lost against Topsail back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The West Brunswick Trojans took a 55-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Topsail Pirates. 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 247th, while the Pirates are ranked 93rd).
01/31/25 vs Topsail | 7 |
11/22/24 vs St. Pauls | 2 |
11/20/24 vs East Bladen | 2 |
01/28/25 @ Laney | 1 |
01/09/25 @ Topsail | 1 |
Despite the loss, West Brunswick still got an impressive performance from Saniya Stanley, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Stanley a new career-high in blocks (seven). Jariana Bethea was another key player, putting up 12 points in addition to five boards and three steals.
Riley Trimble was nothing short of spectacular for Topsail: she went 9 for 16 en route to 21 points and eight rebounds. Trimble is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. Another player making a difference was Ava Kita, who posted 12 points along with five boards and five steals.
West Brunswick has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season. As for Topsail, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 14-5.
West Brunswick will face off against Ashley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Brunswick has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Topsail, they will challenge Hoggard at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hoggard knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Topsail likes a good challenge.
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