East Mecklenburg lost against Charlotte Catholic back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The East Mecklenburg Eagles took a 63-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Charlotte Catholic Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Cougars are ranked 30th).
Despite the loss, East Mecklenburg still got an impressive performance from Ahmari Hicks, who went 7-for-13 from beyond the arc to rack up 28 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nixon Wright, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and ten rebounds.
Charlotte Catholic was led to victory by Chris Eagan and Jack Siegel. Eagan almost dropped a double-double with 21 points and nine boards, while Siegel posted 17 points. With that strong performance, Eagan is now averaging an impressive 15.2 points per game. Another player making a difference was Noah Noch, who put up eight points along with five assists and five rebounds.
East Mecklenburg's defeat dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Charlotte Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Coming up, East Mecklenburg will square off against Providence at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. East Mecklenburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season. Charlotte Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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