Basketball Recap: Seventy-First Skates Past Croatan with Ease

Falcons

Margin (Wins)

11/19/24 vs Eastern Wayne	56
12/27/24 vs Triton	32
02/25/25 vs Southern Nash	30
02/28/25 @ Croatan	28
02/08/25 vs Douglas Byrd	27

With a playoff win on the line, Seventy-First rose to the challenge on Friday. They breezed past the Croatan Cougars to the tune of 58-30. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 20 points or more this season.

Jewel Gully was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 8 boards per game. Alani-Skye Wilkerson was another key player, dropping a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

Seventy-First smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 25 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in 51 consecutive matches dating back to last season.

Croatan's loss came despite strong showings from Neely McMannen and Allison Waner. McMannen posted 13 points and five boards, while Waner put up two points and six rebounds. The dominant performance gave Waner a new career-high in boards.

Seventy-First has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points over those games. The defeat snapped Croatan's winning streak at 12 games and leaves them with a 18-2 record.

Coming up, Seventy-First will square off against Western Alamance at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Western Alamance's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six games. Croatan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.