The J.F. Webb Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Whiteville Wolfpack at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
J.F. Webb is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 59 points last Monday, they were much more limited against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability on Tuesday. They had to suffer through an 86-26 loss at the hands of the Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 274th, while the Spartans are ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, Whiteville had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They strolled past the Titans with points to spare, taking the game 59-40. 59 seems to be a good number for the Wolfpack as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Whiteville's win came from a few key players J.F. Webb will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Brycen Edwards, who posted 15 points and four steals. He is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in each of the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Corey Faison, who put up ten points and six steals.
Whiteville pushed their record up to 16-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points over those games. As for J.F. Webb, their loss dropped their record down to 17-9.
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