It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the North Mecklenburg Vikings can now relate to. They took a 73-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pioneers. While losing is never fun, North Mecklenburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 55th, while Watauga is ranked eighth).
North Mecklenburg's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Lenise Joseph, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Boston Bates who scored 25 points along with five rebounds. Joseph has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Morgan Knox, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Kate Sears was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 37 points and 12 rebounds for Watauga. That makes it 16 consecutive games in which Sears has scored at least a third of Watauga's points. Another player making a difference was Laney Shook, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
North Mecklenburg's defeat dropped their record down to 23-6. As for Watauga, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season.
North Mecklenburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Watauga, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Mallard Creek at 6:00 p.m. on March 5th. Mallard Creek will roll in looking for their 19th straight victory, something Watauga surely won't give up without a fight.
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