The North Moore Mustangs's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fourth straight defeat. They suffered a rough 85-64 loss at the hands of Chatham Central. While losing is never fun, North Moore can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 561st, while Chatham Central is ranked 191st).
When it comes to explaining why North Moore lost, one person who can't be blamed is Colby Pennington. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Patterson, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds.
Reid Albright was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds for Chatham Central. Albright is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 22 games he's played. Another player making a difference was River Warren, who scored 19 points along with two steals.
North Moore has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 11 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-16 record this season. As for Chatham Central, they pushed their record up to 21-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
North Moore will head out on the road to challenge Seaforth at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully North Moore focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Friday. Chatham Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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