Smithfield-Selma hasn't had much luck against East Wake recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Smithfield-Selma Spartans will be playing at home against the East Wake Warriors at 7:30 p.m.
Smithfield-Selma is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They took a blow against Hunt, falling 81-44. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 543rd, while the Warriors are ranked 184th).
Meanwhile, East Wake had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.8 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They managed a 61-57 victory over the Golden Falcons.
East Wake has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for Smithfield-Selma, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
Smithfield-Selma was dealt a bruising 102-69 defeat at the hands of East Wake in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Thankfully for Smithfield-Selma, Nikel Rogers (who went 11 for 16 from beyond the arc en route to 35 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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