On Saturday, the Crest Chargers ended up a good deal behind the Asheville Cougars and lost 51-35. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Cougars are ranked 138th).
Crest's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nevaeh Thomas, who posted six points. The team also got some help courtesy of Abree Smith, who earned six points.
Crest now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Asheville, they pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Crest will head out to face off against Huss at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Huss is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.7 points per game this season. As for Asheville, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against A.C. Reynolds at 6:30 p.m. A.C. Reynolds also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 50.3 points per game.
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