If South View was riding high fresh off their 73-24 takedown of St. Pauls on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Tigers fell 60-55 to the Seventy-First Falcons on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Falcons are ranked 94th).
Jalen Mills
| 02/18/26 @ Seventy-First | 65% |
| 02/17/26 @ St. Pauls | 25% |
| 02/13/26 vs Douglas Byrd | 35% |
| 02/10/26 @ E.E. Smith | 33% |
| 02/06/26 vs Westover | 50% |
| + 18 more games |
When it comes to explaining why South View lost, don't look at Jalen Mills. Despite the final result, he went 11-for-17 en route to 27 points. Thanks to that strong game, Mills now owns an excellent 46.1% shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Nashion Singletary, who posted ten points in addition to seven boards and four steals.
Seventy-First's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Zaevon Hutchinson, who earned 12 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Those 12 points gave Hutchinson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of SirHamza Mitchell, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and nine boards.
South View has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 12-11 record this season. As for Seventy-First, their win was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-4.
While South View had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
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