NCHEAC East Regional

Lighthouse Eagles 39 NLC Storm 35

It is tough to beat a team 4 times in a season, as the New Life Storm found out in losing to the Lighthouse Eagles in the East Region post-season conference tournament. The Eagles used their size advantage effectively, concentrating on pushing the ball inside and getting a large number of points from offensive rebounds. The Storm struggled to hit from outside, missing their first 15 3-point attempts of the game. Lighthouse shut down the Storm transition game, and the good ball movement that has characterized the Storm team on their recent win streak was not present as the team posted a season-low 3 assists. Despite one of their lowest-scoring halves of the season, the Storm was down by only 3 points at halftime at 16-13. The scoring struggles continued in the second half, though, and Lighthouse extended the lead. The Storm fought back in the 4th quarter and cut the lead to 4 on back-to-back breakaways by Daryl, but would get no closer this time. Daryl had a double-double, leading the team with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Shelby also pulled down 11 rebounds.

Despite the loss, the Storm will still compete for the state homeschool championship in the NCHEAC State Tournament in Greensboro next weekend as the #2 seed from the East Region.