South Point lost against Crest back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The South Point Red Raiders fell just short of the Crest Chargers by a score of 60-58. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Chargers are ranked 42nd).
Jaishawn Woods
| 02/11/25 vs Crest | 67% |
| 02/07/25 @ Huss | 45% |
| 02/04/25 @ Stuart W. Cramer | 59% |
| 01/31/25 vs Forestview | 54% |
| 01/28/25 @ Ashbrook | 47% |
| + 18 more games |
Jaishawn Woods and OB Lowery Jr. certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Woods went 14-for-21 to rack up 28 points, while Lowery Jr. went 7-for-15 en route to 19 points. Thanks to that strong game, Woods now owns an excellent 45.2% shooting accuracy. Another player making a difference was Cayden Rumph, who posted three points in addition to ten assists and seven rebounds.
Crest was led to victory by D'Various Surratt and Lyrik Pettis. Surratt dropped a double-double with 19 points and ten boards, while Pettis went 7-for-14 on his way to 17 points. The dominant performance gave Surratt a new career-high in rebounds. Cal Pass Jr. was another key player, putting up eight points and ten boards.
This is the second loss in a row for South Point and nudges their season record down to 12-11. As for Crest, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-2.
Looking ahead, South Point will be playing in front of their home fans against North Gaston at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Point is facing North Gaston at the right time seeing as North Gaston is stuck on an 11-game losing streak. As for Crest, they will head out to face off against Kings Mountain at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Crest knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 17 contests -- so hopefully Kings Mountain likes a good challenge.
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