The Thales Academy Rolesville Knights's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their third straight loss. They took a 61-47 bruising from Oak Forest. While losing is never fun, Thales Academy Rolesville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 361st, while Oak Forest is ranked 117th).
When it comes to explaining why Thales Academy Rolesville lost, one person who can't be blamed is Malcolm Foster . Despite the final result, he scored 20 points. Foster scored a full 42.6% of Thales Academy Rolesville's points, the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Lopez, who scored 10 points along with 6 steals.
Thales Academy Rolesville bumped their record down to 1-6 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Oak Forest, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Thales Academy Rolesville will face off against Wake Christian Academy at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Wake Christian Academy's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four contests. As for Oak Forest, they will head out on the road to face off against South Wake at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully South Wake focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine last Friday.
