The Northside - Pinetown Panthers will challenge the North Duplin Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Saturday, Northside - Pinetown was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 58-54 to Lejeune.
The losing side was boosted by Malachi Moore, who posted 20 points and five boards. That was a full 37% of Northside - Pinetown's points, marking the third time in a row Moore has had more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Zi'Mier Alexander, who scored eight points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, North Duplin came up short against Lakewood on Saturday and fell 76-64. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 493rd, while the Leopards are ranked 229th).
Northside - Pinetown's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.9 points over those games. As for North Duplin, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-11.
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