Cape Hatteras was the 66-12 winner over Eastern Christian HomeSchool when they last played one another back in December of 2017, but their luck changed this time around. The Cape Hatteras Hurricanes took a 45-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eastern Christian HomeSchool Trailblazers on Monday. The loss was the Hurricanes' first of the season.
Despite the defeat, Cape Hatteras saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Taylor Hickman went 9 for 15 en route to 20 points plus five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Hickman a new career-high in field goal percentage (60%). Paizley Schultz was another key player, posting seven points.
Even though they lost, Cape Hatteras smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cape Hatteras fell to 2-1. As for Eastern Christian HomeSchool, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-3.
Cape Hatteras will square off against Manteo at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern Christian HomeSchool has already played their next matchup (against Cape Hatteras), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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