The Millbrook Wildcats struggled with offensive rebounds on Friday (the Rolesville Rams had nine more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Millbrook was dealt a 70-27 loss at the hands of Rolesville. While losing is never fun, Millbrook can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 317th, while Rolesville is ranked 21st).
Ariana Morris was Millbrook's leading scorer, having posted seven points. Morris also led the team in rebounds with five.
Lucy Ellis took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with three assists.
It was another big night for Caitlyn Jones, who scored 26 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds for Rolesville. That makes it six consecutive games in which Jones has scored at least a third of Rolesville's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Taliya Rowe, who scored 18 points along with three steals.
Millbrook's loss dropped their record down to 6-16. As for Rolesville, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-4.
Millbrook will head out on the road to take on Wake Forest at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Wake Forest focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Friday. As for Rolesville, they will head out on the road to take on Heritage at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Heritage: they have been struggling with five straight losses at home, while Rolesville has snatched up seven consecutive wins on the road.
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