The East Wake Academy Eagles and the Vance Charter Knights squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the East Wake Academy Eagles had to settle for second. They took a 54-37 bruising from the Knights. While losing is never fun, East Wake Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 466th, while Vance Charter is ranked 195th).
Alyssa Bullock was her usual excellent self, scoring 33 points along with five assists and five rebounds for Vance Charter. Bullock is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Katherine Suther, who scored ten points along with two steals.
East Wake Academy dropped their record down to 11-13 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Vance Charter, the victory (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 20-2.
East Wake Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Vance Charter, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Northside - Pinetown at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Vance Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Tuesday.
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