It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Central can now relate to. They fell just short of the Fike Demons by a score of 78-76 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (69), the Falcons still had to take the loss.
Jazmine Farrington
| 03/04/25 @ Fike | 22 |
| 12/19/24 @ J.H. Rose | 18 |
| 02/05/25 vs D.H. Conley | 15 |
| 01/31/25 @ New Bern | 15 |
| 02/06/25 vs Havelock | 14 |
South Central's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Brook Evans, who dropped a double-double with 14 points and 26 boards, and Jazmine Farrington, who went 10-for-16 to rack up 22 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance gave Farrington a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaelyn McCarter, who shot 50% from the field en route to 11 points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.
Even though they lost, South Central smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 29 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 19 consecutive matches.
Fike was led to victory by Jamaria Freeman and Jewel Brewington. Freeman went 11-for-23 on her way to 37 points and seven boards, while Brewington shot 73% from the field to rack up 24 points. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Freeman has scored at least a third of Fike's points. Paige Lewis was another key player, putting up six points and five rebounds.
South Central's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-5. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.4 points over those games. As for Fike, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 27-0.
South Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Fike, they will challenge Terry Sanford at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Terry Sanford is on a nine-game streak of home wins, Fike a 20-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season)-- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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