The First Flight Nighthawks's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Swansboro Pirates on March 8th. One thing working in First Flight's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five games.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact First Flight can now relate to. They took a 76-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pirates. While losing is never fun, First Flight can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Swansboro is ranked 33rd).
Despite the loss, First Flight got a solid performance out of Mason Dobie, who scored 56 points. That was a full 80% of First Flight's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Brayden Johnson, who scored six points.
First Flight's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-11. As for Swansboro, the win (which was their 27th in a row) raised their record to 28-1.
First Flight came up short against Swansboro in their previous meeting on Tuesday, falling 76-70. Can First Flight avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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