Neuse Charter has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the East Wake Academy Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Neuse Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday.
Neuse Charter's 26-5 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 69-44 walloping at the hands of North Lenoir.
Neuse Charter's loss came about despite a quality game from Jayvin Bradley, who scored 18 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 blocks. Bradley scored a full 40.9% of Neuse Charter's points, the eighth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayson James, who scored 7 points along with 10 rebounds.
Meanwhile, East Wake Academy earned a 48-41 victory over Princeton on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back wins for East Wake Academy.
The last time Neuse Charter won on the road was back last Saturday. Having now lost three straight away contests, they've bumped their record down to 2-6. As for East Wake Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Neuse Charter came up short against East Wake Academy in their previous matchup on November 14th, falling 54-42. Will Neuse Charter have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
