R-S Central lost against Polk County back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The R-S Central Hilltoppers took a blow against the Polk County Wolverines, falling 58-18. While losing is never fun, the Hilltoppers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Wolverines are ranked 69th).
When it comes to explaining why R-S Central lost, don't look at Lai Flack. Despite the final result, she posted 11 points. That was a full 61.1% of R-S Central's points, marking the 18th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Polk County got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Reeve Carroll out in front who had nine points along with five assists and three steals. The dominant performance gave Carroll a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Bailey Staton, who put up 11 points and five assists.
R-S Central dropped their record down to 5-14 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Polk County, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 17-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. R-S Central will face off against Patton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. R-S Central is facing Patton at the right time seeing as Patton is stuck on a four-game losing streak. Polk County has already played their next game (against Chase), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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