The Willow Spring Storm will head out on the road to take on the Southeast Raleigh Bulldogs at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Willow Spring was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 49-44 to Clayton. The Storm have struggled against the Comets recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Brady Williams, who posted 17 points and five boards. Another player making a difference was Grant Overman, who scored nine points along with eight rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, Southeast Raleigh was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 70-69 to Garner. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Trojans are ranked 11th).
Willow Spring's loss dropped their record down to 15-8. As for Southeast Raleigh, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-10.
Willow Spring didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Southeast Raleigh in their previous matchup on Monday, but they still walked away with a 54-48 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Willow Spring since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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