Socastee lost against Carolina Forest back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Socastee Braves took a 36-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Carolina Forest Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Panthers are ranked 19th).
Trinity Sumpter
| 01/28/25 @ Carolina Forest | 5 |
| 12/20/24 vs Orangeburg-Wilkinson | 3 |
| 12/07/24 vs Wando | 3 |
| 01/14/25 vs Myrtle Beach | 2 |
| 11/22/24 vs Beaufort | 2 |
Despite the defeat, Socastee saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Trinity Sumpter dropped a double-double with ten points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Sumpter a new career-high in steals (five). Bri Smith was another key player, putting up 15 points and three steals.
Carolina Forest was led to victory by London Delong and Miracle Mclean. Delong posted 14 points in addition to seven boards and five steals, while Mclean almost dropped a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds. Mclean has been hot, having also posted three or more blocks the last eight times she's played.
Socastee's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Carolina Forest, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 18-3.
Socastee didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 62-24 defeat against North Myrtle Beach on the 31st. As for Carolina Forest, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 55-17 win against St. James on the 31st.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
