Two dominant guards in Michael Bailey and Kairell Evans are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Eastern Wayne Warriors will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Southern Wayne Saints at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Eastern Wayne is headed into Friday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell 113-102 to Northwood Temple Academy on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (64), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
| 12/28/24 vs Northwood Temple Academy | 26 |
| 12/27/24 vs Southeast Raleigh | 30 |
| 12/23/24 vs Wayne Christian | 17 |
| 12/21/24 vs Wayne Country Day | 23 |
Eastern Wayne's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bailey, who posted 31 points and seven rebounds, and Charlie Thomas, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 15 rebounds. The contest was Thomas' fourth in a row with at least ten points. Zavion Burden was another key player, putting up 11 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Southern Wayne ended up a good deal behind Wayne Preparatory Academy last Friday and lost 79-62.
Southern Wayne's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Eastern Wayne, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.
Eastern Wayne took their victory against Southern Wayne when the teams last played on December 13th by a conclusive 113-87. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Evans, who went 6 of 11 on his way to 22 points along with eight boards and six assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eastern Wayne still be able to contain Evans? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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