The Pamlico County Hurricanes lost against the Holmes Aces back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Pamlico County lost to Holmes on the road by a decisive 54-35 margin. While losing is never fun, Pamlico County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 398th, while Holmes is ranked 52nd).
Despite the defeat, Pamlico County had strong showings from Kyliyah Barber, who scored 9 points along with 8 steals, and Dania Galvan-Veliz, who scored 4 points along with 10 rebounds.
Holmes found their leader in underclassman Chloe Chappell, who scored 26 points. Liza Bond was another key contributor, scoring 8 points along with 7 assists and 7 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Pamlico County and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Holmes, their victory bumped their record up to 1-0.
Pamlico County will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against West Carteret at 6:30 p.m. Hopefully West Carteret focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 35 on Tuesday. As for Holmes, they will head out on the road to face off against Bertie at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
