Richlands hasn't had much luck against West Carteret recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Richlands Wildcats will look to defend their home court against the West Carteret Patriots at 6:30 p.m.
Richlands is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They took a 37-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of White Oak.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led West Carteret over Dixon in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Everything went West Carteret's way against Dixon as West Carteret made off with a 56-35 victory. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 497th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Richlands' loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for West Carteret, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Richlands was taken down by West Carteret 61-14 when the teams last played on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Carteret's Addison Pavy, who went 8 for 9 en route to 18 points. Now that Richlands knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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