West Brunswick fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Hoggard on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 66-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hoggard Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Vikings are ranked 39th).
| 01/17/25 vs Hoggard | 2 |
| 01/09/25 @ Topsail | 6 |
| 01/07/25 @ Ashley | 2 |
| 01/03/25 vs North Brunswick | 6 |
West Brunswick lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being K'Veon Griffin, who went 5 of 8 en route to 16 points. Griffin is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Matthew McKenney was another key player, going 6 for 11 on his way to 15 points.
Hoggard was led to victory by Will Seward and Hunter McGrath. Seward dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds, while McGrath went 8 of 14 en route to 19 points and three steals. With that strong performance, Seward is now averaging an impressive 15.1 points per game. Another player making a difference was Aidan Locklear, who posted eight points and five boards.
West Brunswick's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Hoggard, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
West Brunswick will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Laney at 7:30 p.m. on January 28th. Laney is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.9 points per game this season. Hoggard also won't see the court for a while: their next game is against North Brunswick at 7:30 p.m. on January 28th. Hoggard knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matches -- so hopefully North Brunswick likes a good challenge.
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