St. Stephens lost against East Lincoln back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The St. Stephens Indians were beaten by the East Lincoln Mustangs 81-53. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 382nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 138th).
Despite the loss, St. Stephens still got an impressive performance from Noah Vanbeurden, who went 9 of 19 on his way to 21 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Alan Wilson, who posted five points and six assists.
East Lincoln got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Christian Atkins out in front who went 8 for 11 en route to 21 points and six assists. Atkins has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Jaxon Dollar was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on ten boards and nine assists.
St. Stephens' defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-15. As for East Lincoln, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Coming up, St. Stephens will host Statesville at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Statesville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67.8 points per game this season. As for East Lincoln, they will head out to square off against North Iredell at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. East Lincoln also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 74.5 points per game.
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