The Southern Alamance Patriots struggled with threes on Friday (the Western Alamance Warriors had nine more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Southern Alamance took a 62-45 bruising from Western Alamance. While losing is never fun, Southern Alamance can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 281st, while Western Alamance is ranked 53rd).
When it comes to explaining why Southern Alamance lost, one person who can't be blamed is Morgan Isley. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Sunny Yarnell, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 13 rebounds.
Tina Bowers continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Western Alamance, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 14 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Allie Sykes, who scored 12 points along with five steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Southern Alamance and nudges their season record down to 11-13. As for Western Alamance, the victory (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 18-6.
Southern Alamance will head out on the road to take on Cedar Ridge at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Western Alamance, they will face off against Orange at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Western Alamance's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 contests.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
