The West Johnston Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the South Johnston Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
West Johnston managed to keep up with Fike until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. West Johnston lost 68-48 to Fike. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 435th, while the Demons are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, South Johnston lost to East Wake at home by a 72-54 margin on Tuesday. The Trojans were down 59-36 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
This is the second loss in a row for South Johnston and nudges their season record down to 10-12. As for West Johnston, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which has put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
West Johnston came up short against South Johnston in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 48-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Johnston's Kaleb Williams, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 56 rebounds. Now that West Johnston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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