The Parkland Mustangs pushed their score all the way to 74 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 82-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Forsyth. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (72), Parkland still had to take the loss.
Parkland's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Joshua Moore, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds. Moore has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 18 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of SaMaurie Moses, who scored 13 points along with three steals.
Jacari Brim was his usual excellent self, scoring 25 points along with six assists and five rebounds for West Forsyth. Another player making a difference was Cameron White, who scored nine points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Parkland has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-14 record this season. As for West Forsyth, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Parkland will head out on the road to take on Lake Norman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lake Norman has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,499 points over their last 19 games. As for West Forsyth, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against R.J. Reynolds at 7:30 p.m. on February 20th. R.J. Reynolds has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 1-2 during that stretch of close contests.
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