Even though the Wake Forest Cougars scored an imposing 60 points on Tuesday, the Wakefield Wolverines still came out on top. Wakefield took their match at home with ease, bagging a 87-60 win over Wake Forest. Given Wakefield's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while Wake Forest is ranked 471st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Taj Boone-Chambers was his usual excellent self, scoring 23 points along with six assists and five rebounds. He continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Syncere Burnette was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with eight rebounds and five assists.
Despite the loss, Wake Forest saw an underclassman step up: Caleb Lashley scored 15 points. It was the first time this season that Lashley scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Palmer Chase, who scored ten points.
Even though they lost, Wake Forest were working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. This was only their 16th loss (out of 17 games) when they've passed the ball that well.
Wakefield has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 20-5 record this season. As for Wake Forest, they are on a 14-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-24.
Wakefield will square off against Knightdale at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Knightdale has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. Wake Forest does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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