Spring Creek suffered their biggest loss since February 16, 2024 on Friday. They had to suffer through a 84-53 loss at the hands of the Eastern Wayne Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 459th, while the Warriors are ranked 188th).
When it comes to explaining why Spring Creek lost, don't look at Brennan Chambers. Despite the final result, he went 9 for 19 en route to 22 points. Another player making a difference was Nathan Jackson, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Eastern Wayne to victory, but perhaps none more so than Charlie Thomas, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Thomas is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last 12 games he's played. Michael Bailey was another key player, going 7 of 11 on his way to 16 points and four steals.
Spring Creek's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 6-8. As for Eastern Wayne, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 12-4.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Spring Creek will welcome Princeton at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Princeton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.6 points per game this season. As for Eastern Wayne, they will be playing at home against Beddingfield at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern Wayne knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully Beddingfield likes a good challenge.
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