The Triton Hawks entered their tilt with the Harnett Central Trojans with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Triton took down Harnett Central 59-40 on Tuesday. Given Triton's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 193rd, while Harnett Central is ranked 505th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Triton was led to victory by Javon Cowan and B. J. Surles. Cowan scored 14 points along with seven rebounds, while Surles scored 12 points along with eight assists and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Terrence Williams, who scored 11 points.
Harnett Central lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Rylan Beasley, who scored six points along with five rebounds and three blocks. Another player making a difference was Kyrese Williams, who scored 11 points along with two steals.
Harnett Central struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Triton racked up 17 assists.
Triton's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6. As for Harnett Central, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-15.
Triton and Overhills will face off at 6:00 p.m. on February 21st without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Triton focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Tuesday. Harnett Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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