The Beddingfield Bruins suffered their closest defeat yet this season on Wednesday. They fell just short of Goldsboro by a score of 69-67. Beddingfield has struggled against Goldsboro recently, as their match on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Beddingfield lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jhion Ashby, who scored 13 points. Jayonta Blanchard was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Beddingfield's defeat dropped their record down to 10-4. As for Goldsboro, their victory was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2.
Beddingfield will take on North Johnston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Johnston will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak. As for Goldsboro, they will head out on the road to face off against Princeton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Princeton will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 589th, while Goldsboro is ranked 58th).
