St. Pauls unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They took a 64-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hoke County Bucks on Tuesday. The Bulldogs were down 56-36 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
St. Pauls' loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brandon Baldwin, who posted 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakhi Purcell, who scored 11 points.
The win was the third in a row for Hoke County, bringing their record up to 3-0.
Coming up, St. Pauls will head out to square off against Scotland at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Hoke County, they will challenge Trinity Christian at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
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