Gray's Creek lost against Lumberton back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Gray's Creek Bears received a blow as they fell 61-45 to the Lumberton Pirates. 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 487th, while the Pirates are ranked 112th).
Despite the loss, Gray's Creek still got an impressive performance from Jayvien Richardson, who posted 14 points. Ezekiel Reed was another key player, putting up six points and five boards.
Lumberton was led to victory by Jaiden Shephard and Amare Jones. Shephard almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds, while Jones went 7 for 12 to rack up 19 points in addition to six assists and six boards. Shephard has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 42 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Lawson, who had nine points.
Gray's Creek's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Lumberton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Gray's Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 56-52 defeat against Cape Fear on the 5th. As for Lumberton, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 75-40 victory against Douglas Byrd on the 5th.
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