The American Leadership Academy-Johnston Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the J.F. Webb Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-26, which was the final score in American Leadership Academy-Johnston's tilt against Riverside Christian Academy on Friday. American Leadership Academy-Johnston has not had much luck with Riverside Christian Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, J.F. Webb's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a rough 86-45 loss at the hands of South Granville. While losing is never fun, J.F. Webb can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 554th, while South Granville is ranked 74th).
American Leadership Academy-Johnston now has a losing record at 8-9. As for J.F. Webb, they dropped their record down to 2-17 with that loss, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
