Princeton is on a seven-game streak of home losses, Spring Creek a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The Princeton Bulldogs will host the Spring Creek Gators at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Tuesday, Princeton came up short against Goldsboro and fell 62-53. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 585th, while the Cougars are ranked 247th).
| 02/04/25 vs Goldsboro | 23 |
| 02/03/25 vs Beddingfield | 23 |
| 01/31/25 @ Eastern Wayne | 15 |
| 01/30/25 @ Spring Creek | 21 |
Despite the loss, Princeton saw an underclassman step up: freshman Teo McPhatter posted 23 points and five boards. McPhatter's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Garrett Lane, who put up 17 points.
Meanwhile, Spring Creek was beaten by Goldsboro 83-40 on Thursday.
Spring Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Princeton, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
Princeton couldn't quite finish off Spring Creek in their previous matchup last Thursday and fell 54-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spring Creek's Nathan Jackson, who went 10 for 17 on his way to 25 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Now that Princeton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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