It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Eastern Alamance can now relate to. They lost to the Union Pines Vikings on the road by a 65-50 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Vikings are ranked 33rd).
Union Pines was led to victory by Ashanti Fox and Taryn Pekala. Fox almost dropped a double-double with 40 points and nine rebounds, while Pekala went 7-for-10 en route to 14 points and five steals. That makes it 18 consecutive games in which Fox has scored at least a third of Union Pines' points. Another player making a difference was Gianna Maheu, who posted four points and five boards.
Eastern Alamance's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Union Pines, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 26-1.
Eastern Alamance does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Union Pines, they have already played their next contest, a 79-77 win against Rocky Mount on the 4th.
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