After flying high against the West Mecklenburg Hawks last Friday, the Hopewell Titans came back down to earth. Hopewell fell 80-71 to North Mecklenburg on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Hopewell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while North Mecklenburg is ranked ninth).
Hopewell lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Quay Watson, who scored 21 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Watson has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Derrick Eley, who scored 17 points along with seven rebounds and six assists.
Hopewell's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-6. As for North Mecklenburg, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-3.
Hopewell didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 66-47 victory vs. West Mecklenburg on the 14th. North Mecklenburg has also already played their next game, a 104-33 win against West Charlotte on the 16th.
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