Gray's Creek managed to keep up with South View until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Gray's Creek Bears lost 70-47 to the South View Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 468th, while the Tigers are ranked 161st).
Gray's Creek lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ivan Maldonado, who posted 11 points and three steals. Another player making a difference was Ezekiel Reed, who had eight points.
Yabniel Cheveres was a one-man wrecking crew for South View as he dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. Those 11 boards gave Cheveres a new career-high. Naishion Singletary also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Gray's Creek's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-8. As for South View, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-6.
Gray's Creek didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 54-45 loss against Jack Britt on the 17th. As for South View, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 72-67 victory against Cape Fear on the 17th.
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