After a string of five wins, Willow Spring's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 67-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Garner Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Trojans are ranked tenth).
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Willow Spring lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Brady Williams, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance also gave Williams a new career-high in blocks (two). Another player making a difference was Grant Overman, who posted eight points along with eight boards and three blocks.
Even though they lost, Willow Spring smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive contests.
Willow Spring's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6. As for Garner, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.
Willow Spring will venture away from home to square off against South Garner at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Willow Spring knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully South Garner likes a good challenge. As for Garner, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Clayton at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Garner's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last nine matchups.
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