It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the East Carteret Mariners can now relate to. They fell 53-44 to the Stallions on Friday. East Carteret's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, East Carteret still got an impressive performance from Charles Matheka, who scored 23 points along with five rebounds and three blocks. Matheka is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 19 or more in the last 15 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Shamel Baker, who scored 15 points along with three steals.
Rue Chapman was his usual excellent self, scoring 18 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals for Southwest Onslow. Chapman has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jonathan Pittman, who scored nine points.
East Carteret's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9. As for Southwest Onslow, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season.
East Carteret does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southwest Onslow, they will head out on the road to square off against Farmville Central at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Farmville Central has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 2,421 points over their last 28 matches.
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