The Oak City Prep Bears and the Deep Creek Hornets will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Oak City Prep saw some tournament action on Thursday. The match between them and 1 of 1 Academy didn't end well, with Oak City Prep falling 54-36. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the - are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Deep Creek suffered their closest loss since December 28, 2023 on Wednesday. They fell just short of Nansemond River by a score of 58-55.
Oak City Prep will need focus on slowing down Morgan Herbert, one of several Deep Creek players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 18 points and eight rebounds. That's the most points Herbert has posted since back in December of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Alaya Monroe, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Deep Creek's defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2. As for Oak City Prep, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
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