Kinston entered their match against East Duplin on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Kinston Vikings fell just short of the East Duplin Panthers by a score of 26-24. The contest marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Aleah Hill and Nasheyla Mason certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Hill posted 13 points, while Mason had seven points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Duplin to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kinsey Cave, who earned 11 points and three steals. Cave has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jamyah Pickett, who scored five points in addition to 12 rebounds and three steals.
Kinston's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-2. As for East Duplin, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.
Kinston didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 57-48 victory against North Lenoir on the 29th. As for East Duplin, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 27-17 win against Southwest Onslow on the 30th.
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