It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Buncombe can now relate to. They took a 73-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crest Chargers on Tuesday. If the Black Hawks were looking for revenge after losing 75-70 to them when the teams met back in March of 2015, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Trent Clark
| 02/25/25 @ Crest | 18 |
| 02/21/25 vs A.C. Reynolds | 25 |
| 02/18/25 vs Erwin | 29 |
| 02/13/25 @ Erwin | 20 |
| 02/11/25 vs Asheville | 25 |
| + 27 more games |
Several Black Hawks players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Trent Clark, who went 7-for-14 on his way to 18 points and five steals. The contest was Clark's 32nd in a row with at least 17 points. Matthew Ledford was another key player, going 6-for-10 en route to 17 points.
Lyrik Pettis was his usual excellent self, going 9-for-16 to rack up 31 points and five rebounds for Crest. Pettis has been hot for a while, having posted 15 or more points the last nine times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of D'Various Surratt, who went 6-for-12 on his way to 16 points along with five boards and three steals.
North Buncombe dropped their record down to 15-12 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Crest, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season.
North Buncombe does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Crest, they will take on Northwest Cabarrus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Crest's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 20 games.
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