This season hasn't been kind to the Southern Wayne Saints, who are still winless after their fifth matchup. They took a hard 48-31 fall against Eastern Wayne on Friday. While losing is never fun, Southern Wayne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 454th, while Eastern Wayne is ranked 104th).
Nevaeh Hines-Bass and Nygeria Thompson certainly did their best on Friday to try and avoid the loss. Hines-Bass scored 15 points, while Thompson scored 8 points along with 9 rebounds. Hines-Bass scored a full 48.4% of Southern Wayne's points, the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Kyren Strong, who scored 4 points along with 4 steals.
Southern Wayne's defeat was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 0-5. As for Eastern Wayne, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Southern Wayne will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Goldsboro at 6:15 p.m. As for Eastern Wayne, they will head out on the road to face off against Southern Wayne at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
