After flying high against NCSSM: Morganton last Tuesday, Draughn came back down to earth. The Draughn Wildcats had to suffer through a 96-63 loss at the hands of the Mountain Heritage Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 499th, while the Cougars are ranked 219th).
| 01/17/25 @ Mountain Heritage | 37 |
| 01/14/25 @ NCSSM: Morganton | 4 |
| 01/09/25 vs Rosman | 11 |
| 01/07/25 vs Madison | 16 |
| 12/30/24 @ Patton | 19 |
When it comes to explaining why Draughn lost on Friday, don't look at Kayden Lytle. Despite the final result, he made all 15 shots he took racking up 37 points. With that strong performance, Lytle is now averaging an impressive 16.2 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Houston, who posted nine points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Heritage to victory, but perhaps none more so than Isaiah Adams, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave Adams a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Brayden Deyton, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine assists.
With the loss, Draughn broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-10. As for Mountain Heritage, they pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Draughn didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 95-74 defeat against Owen on the 21st. Mountain Heritage has also already played their next matchup (against Avery County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
