South Johnston lost against East Wake back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The South Johnston Trojans took a 72-54 bruising from the East Wake Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while the Warriors are ranked 120th).
East Wake was led to victory by Ben Fox and Corban Woodard. Fox went 7-for-14 to rack up 17 points in addition to six steals and five assists, while Woodard went 7-for-10 on his way to 14 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Fox a new career-high in assists. Donovan Majette was another key player, putting up five points along with seven assists and four steals.
This is the second loss in a row for South Johnston and nudges their season record down to 10-12. As for East Wake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 16-7 record this season.
South Johnston has already played their next contest, a 54-44 win against West Johnston on the 13th. As for East Wake, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 92-49 victory against Smithfield-Selma on the 14th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
