On Friday, East Mecklenburg lost to Nation Ford at home by a decisive 56-38 margin. While losing is never fun, East Mecklenburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 341st in North Carolina, while Nation Ford is ranked 80th in South Carolina).
East Mecklenburg lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Presense Downer, who scored ten points. Another player making a difference was Jurnee Darling, who scored eight points along with three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for East Mecklenburg and nudges their season record down to 5-10. As for Nation Ford, they pushed their record up to 10-5 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Mecklenburg's homestand continues as they prepare to take on Independence at 6:00 p.m. on January 9th. Hopefully Independence focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 last Wednesday. As for Nation Ford, they will be playing at home against Clover at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Clover knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past four games -- so hopefully Nation Ford likes a good challenge.
