East Gaston lost against Bessemer City back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The East Gaston Warriors fell 76-64 to the Bessemer City Yellow Jackets. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (58), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, East Gaston still got an impressive performance from Sajuka Riley, who posted 30 points. That was a full 46.9% of East Gaston's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Cameron Clark was another key player, putting up eight points.
Bessemer City was led to victory by Josiah Guyton and Tristen Gordon. Guyton went 10 for 19 on his way to 22 points in addition to five assists and five boards, while Gordon dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten assists. The match was Guyton's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Raheem Mcclure, who put up eight points along with five assists and five rebounds.
East Gaston has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-17 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.7 points per game. As for Bessemer City, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-8.
Coincidentally, East Gaston and Bessemer City will both be playing Shelby the next time they take the court. Bessemer City will head out to face Shelby at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, while East Gaston will head out to face them at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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