Having just played yesterday, the Hoke County Bucks will jump right back in to play the Woodland Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Hoke County's tournament run continued when they took on West Bladen on Friday. Hoke County took a hard 60-41 fall against West Bladen. While losing is never fun, the Bucks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while the Knights are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Woodland didn't have quite enough to beat West Brunswick on Friday and fell 60-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (57), the Wolverines still had to take the loss.
Hoke County will have to contain JaKease Salley as he made an impact in Woodland's last game. He dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 boards. Salley's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Aiden Walker, who posted nine points in addition to six assists and five boards.
Hoke County has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season. As for Woodland, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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