The Eastern Wayne Warriors's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight defeat. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 71-70 to Goldsboro. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (65), Eastern Wayne still had to take the loss.
Eastern Wayne lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Charlie Thomas, who scored 17 points. Thomas hasn't dropped below 17 points for three straight games. Another player making a difference was NyQuan Smith, who scored 17 points.
Eastern Wayne has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-13 record this season. As for Goldsboro, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season.
Eastern Wayne didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 67-35 win vs. Princeton on the 19th. Goldsboro does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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