Willow Spring posted their closest win since December 5, 2023 on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Carrboro Jaguars 50-47. Given the Storm's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Jaguars are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Taylor Gray continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7 of 12 en route to 18 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Willow Spring's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Amanda Mitchell, who posted ten points.
Despite the loss, Carrboro still got an impressive performance from Summer Lee, who put up 26 points along with six rebounds and four steals. Lee has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. Yazmin Paisant was another key player, putting up nine points.
Willow Spring is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points per game. As for Carrboro, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.
Willow Spring wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 64-50 loss against Seventy-First on the 28th. As for Carrboro, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 51-40 win against Triton on the 28th.
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