The Goldsboro Cougars will challenge the St. Pauls Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Goldsboro is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past J.F. Webb 68-34. The Cougars are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 14 straight.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Pauls). They really took it to James Kenan for the full four quarters, racking up a 75-42 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th in North Carolina, while the Tigers are ranked 294th in North Carolina), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Goldsboro better keep an eye on Zakoreya Davis. She was instrumental in St. Pauls' win, dropping a double-double with 15 points and 17 rebounds. That's the most boards Davis has posted since back in February of 2024. Another player making a difference was Ava Monroe, who went 7-for-10 en route to 16 points.
Goldsboro pushed their record up to 23-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.3 points over those games. As for St. Pauls, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Goldsboro took a serious blow against St. Pauls in their previous matchup back in December of 2022, falling 68-13. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Goldsboro was down 34-7.
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