It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Northampton County Jaguars can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 76-73. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (69), Northampton County still had to take the loss.
Northampton County lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jiyoun Williams, who scored 26 points. Williams has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jamari Blake, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds and three blocks.
It was another big night for Chris Crudup, who scored 35 points along with seven rebounds and five assists for Southern Wake Academy. Crudup is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in the last five games he's played. Alex Rechetnikov was another key contributor, going 6 for 9 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points and 0 assists.
Northampton County's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-7. As for Southern Wake Academy, the win (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 22-9.
Northampton County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southern Wake Academy, they will stay at home for another game and welcome North Edgecombe at 7:00 p.m. on March 5th. One thing working in North Edgecombe's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
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