The Bandys Trojans and the East Surry Cardinals squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the Bandys Trojans had to settle for second. They took a 54-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cardinals. While losing is never fun, Bandys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 244th, while East Surry is ranked 89th).
Despite the defeat, Bandys saw an underclassman step up: Lexi Vaughan scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks. Vaughan has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Gault, who scored eight points.
Bandys dropped their record down to 16-12 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for East Surry, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Bandys does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Surry, they will head out on the road to challenge Community School of Davidson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Community School of Davidson's defense has only allowed 27.7 points per game this season, so East Surry's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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