Basketball Recap: Hunt Drops Season-High Score on Southern Wayne

Warriors

Team Score

01/07/25 @ Southern Wayne	74
12/28/24 vs Fike	73
11/23/24 vs South View	71
12/03/24 @ D.H. Conley	66
12/19/24 @ Smithfield-Selma	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hunt). They came out on top against the Southern Wayne Saints by a score of 74-66 on Tuesday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Saints are ranked 478th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Hunt found their leader in sophomore Na'Sir Hines, who went 7 for 13 on his way to 15 points in addition to six assists and six boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Joyner, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 15 points and three steals.

Southern Wayne's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kairell Evans, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 18 points along with six boards and five assists, and Jaden Hardy, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 16 points and eight rebounds. Demetrius Elliot was another key player, going 5 of 9 on his way to 13 points.

The victory (which was Hunt's fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.6 points per game. As for Southern Wayne, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.

Hunt will welcome East Wake at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Hunt's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five games. As for Southern Wayne, they will venture away from home to challenge West Johnston at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. West Johnston has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.