The Eastern Alamance Eagles pushed their score all the way to 74 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 79-74 hit to the loss column at the hands of Orange. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (57), Eastern Alamance still had to take the loss.
Eastern Alamance's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jayden Adams, who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds. Jordan Matthews was another key contributor, scoring 19 points along with eight rebounds.
Orange found their leader in underclassman Coleman Cloer, who scored 31 points along with seven rebounds and five blocks. That makes it five consecutive games in which Cloer has scored at least a third of Orange's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Freddy Sneed, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds.
Eastern Alamance's defeat dropped their record down to 16-8. As for Orange, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season.
Eastern Alamance will be playing in front of their home fans against Cedar Ridge at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Eastern Alamance knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 20 matchups -- so hopefully Cedar Ridge likes a good challenge. As for Orange, they will be playing at home against Person at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Orange's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 12 contests.
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