Basketball Recap: Erwin Takes a Loss

Erwin lost against A.C. Reynolds back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Erwin Warriors took a 71-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the A.C. Reynolds Rockets. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 406th, while the Rockets are ranked 135th).

When it comes to explaining why Erwin lost, don't look at Carson Wallace. Despite the final result, he went 10 for 18 en route to 30 points and eight boards. The game was Wallace's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Davis, who posted ten points.

It was another big night for Declan Brown, who went 9 of 13 on his way to 21 points and six rebounds for A.C. Reynolds. Brown has been hot, having posted 18 or more points the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Grant Clayton, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine boards.

Erwin dropped their record down to 10-11 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for A.C. Reynolds, the win was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-7.

Erwin will head out to face off against T.C. Roberson at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. T.C. Roberson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.8 points per game this season. As for A.C. Reynolds, they will welcome Rabun Gap-Nacoochee at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in A.C. Reynolds' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 18 matches.