West Craven scored the most points they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They took a hard 87-69 fall against the Greene Central Rams. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Rams are ranked 163rd).

Jimmie West lll
01/09/25 @ Greene Central | 18 |
12/21/24 vs Northeast Academy For Aerospace and Advanced Tech | 16 |
12/14/24 @ North Edgecombe | 20 |
12/13/24 vs Ayden - Grifton | 15 |
12/11/24 @ Havelock | 19 |
West Craven lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jimmie West Lll, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine boards. West Lll's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Abrams, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten assists.
Jalin Sutton had an outrageously good game for Greene Central as he dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Avent, who posted 12 points and six rebounds.
West Craven is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-6. As for Greene Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.
West Craven will head out to challenge New Bern at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. West Craven is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season. As for Greene Central, they will host Farmville Central at 7:30 p.m. on January 17th. Farmville Central knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 14 matchups -- so hopefully Greene Central likes a good challenge.
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