Oak City Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a blow against the Oak Hill Academy Warriors, falling 139-54. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 288th in North Carolina, while the Warriors are ranked ninth in Virginia).
Oak City Prep lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Amazing Dixon, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine assists. That was a full 40.7% of Oak City Prep's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was KJ Thurman, who went 6 of 11 en route to 15 points.
Oak City Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Oak Hill Academy, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.
Oak City Prep wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 87-66 win against Lab University Prep on the 10th. As for Oak Hill Academy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 113-43 victory against Franklin Prep Academy National on the 6th.
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