The Corinth Holders Pirates pushed their score all the way to 79 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a hard 96-79 fall against West Johnston. Despite running the score up even higher than they did last Tuesday (74), Corinth Holders still had to take the loss.
Corinth Holders' lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Max Carlson, who scored 30 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Carlson scored a full 38% of Corinth Holders' points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Tyler Sandaire, who scored 18 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead West Johnston to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kameron Taylor, who scored 17 points along with 7 rebounds. Taylor continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dionta'e Williams, who scored 17 points.
Corinth Holders still hasn't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for West Johnston, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Corinth Holders will take on Southern Nash at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Southern Nash focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Tuesday. As for West Johnston, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Harnett Central at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Harnett Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Wednesday.
