After flying high against Southern Lee last Monday, Pinecrest came back down to earth. The Pinecrest Patriots took a 46-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Union Pines Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 154th in North Carolina, while the Vikings are ranked 44th in North Carolina).

Anna Depenbrock
02/18/25 @ Union Pines | 16 |
02/14/25 @ Union Pines | 11 |
01/03/25 vs Providence | 10 |
12/20/24 @ Lumberton | 8 |
02/17/25 vs Southern Lee | 6 |
Pinecrest lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Anna Depenbrock, who posted three points along with 16 boards and three blocks. Those 16 rebounds gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gabrielle Donze, who scored nine points.
Pinecrest's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for Union Pines, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-1.
Pinecrest didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 60-42 defeat against South Garner on the 25th. As for Union Pines, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 64-22 win against West Brunswick on the 25th.
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