The Woodland Wolverines and the Hoke County Bucks will face off at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Woodland's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.
Woodland saw some tournament action on Friday. They fell just short of West Brunswick by a score of 60-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (57), the Wolverines still had to take the loss.
Woodland might have lost, but man, JaKease Salley was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. That was a full 36.2% of Woodland's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Aiden Walker, who earned nine points along with six assists and five boards.
Meanwhile, Hoke County lost to West Bladen on the road by a 60-41 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bucks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while the Knights are ranked 26th).
Hoke County has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season. As for Woodland, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
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