Smithfield-Selma hasn't had much luck against East Wake recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Smithfield-Selma Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the East Wake Warriors at 7:45 p.m.
Smithfield-Selma is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 15th straight game on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 70-36 loss at the hands of C.B. Aycock. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 573rd, while the Golden Falcons are ranked 220th).
Meanwhile, East Wake entered their tilt with South Johnston on Tuesday with 13 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 14. They enjoyed a cozy 72-54 win over the Trojans. The Warriors pushed the score to 59-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans cut but never quite recovered from.
East Wake's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points over those games. As for Smithfield-Selma, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
Smithfield-Selma was taken down by East Wake 92-53 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Smithfield-Selma was down 49-25.
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