The Eastern Wayne Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Goldsboro Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Eastern Wayne has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Goldsboro will come in with 12 straight wins.
Last Tuesday, Eastern Wayne was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 45-40 to North Johnston. That's two games in a row now that the Warriors have lost by exactly five points.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Goldsboro faced off against North Johnston on Wednesday. Goldsboro put the hurt on North Johnston with a sharp 52-32 victory. The Cougars have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 contests by 20 points or more this season.
Goldsboro pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.1 points. As for Eastern Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
Eastern Wayne was dealt a bruising 60-16 loss at the hands of Goldsboro in their previous meeting back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Eastern Wayne was down 33-8.
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