Midway made up a huge gap compared to their last game against St. Pauls, but still couldn't quite topple them. Everything went the Midway Raiders' way against the St. Pauls Bulldogs on Tuesday as the Midway Raiders made off with a 69-49 win. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 526th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Midway to victory were Kemari McNeil and Travis Gist. McNeil posted 24 points, while Gist scored 16 points. Walker Holmes was another key player, putting up seven points.
Despite the loss, St. Pauls still got an impressive performance from Theophilus Setzer, who put up 13 points. The dominant performance gave Setzer a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Yoshua Mcbryde, who earned eight points.
Raiders
| 01/28/25 @ St. Pauls | 69-49 |
| 01/17/25 @ West Bladen | 35-61 |
| 01/13/25 vs Spring Creek | 60-47 |
| 01/09/25 @ Fairmont | 44-57 |
| 01/07/25 vs Clinton | 57-40 |
Midway's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-3. As for St. Pauls, they dropped their record down to 3-13 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.
Midway wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 62-35 win against Red Springs on the 29th. As for St. Pauls, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 64-62 victory against Clinton on the 29th.
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