Cary lost against Apex Friendship back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Cary Imps fell 47-34 to the Apex Friendship Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Imps can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while the Patriots are ranked 56th).
Lola Haley
| 02/11/25 vs Apex Friendship | 15 |
| 01/07/25 vs Middle Creek | 9 |
| 11/22/24 vs Athens Drive | 8 |
| 02/04/25 @ Middle Creek | 6 |
| 01/24/25 vs Panther Creek | 6 |
Despite the loss, Cary still got an impressive performance from Lola Haley, who went 7-for-9 to rack up 15 points and seven boards. The dominant performance gave Haley a new career-high in points. Zaina Nasr also deserves some recognition as she scored her first points of the season.
Jasmine Nivar continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Apex Friendship, going 9-for-15 on her way to 22 points in addition to five assists and five rebounds. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Nivar has scored at least a third of Apex Friendship's points. Another player making a difference was Jordan Rooney, who posted seven points and three steals.
Cary dropped their record down to 8-13 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Apex Friendship, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Cary has already played their next matchup, a 59-34 loss against Green Hope on the 14th. As for Apex Friendship, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 49-24 victory against Green Level on the 14th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
