Lord Botetourt fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against North Cross on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the North Cross Raiders by a score of 80-78. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (65), the Cavaliers still had to take the loss.
North Cross' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jesiah Hines led the charge by going 13 of 23 on his way to 33 points along with five boards and four steals. Those 33 points gave Hines a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaleb Robinson, who went 9 for 13 en route to 23 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals.
Lord Botetourt's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-10. As for North Cross, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Lord Botetourt will square off against Fleming at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lord Botetourt knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Fleming likes a good challenge. North Cross has already played their next matchup (against Miller School of Albemarle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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