Basketball Recap: Ocean City Takes a Loss

Ocean City lost against Wildwood back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Ocean City Raiders fell to the Wildwood Warriors 56-51. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Warriors are ranked 25th).

Naomi Nnewihe

Rebounds

01/21/25 @ Lower Cape May	16
02/08/25 vs Wildwood	14
01/07/25 @ Millville	13
02/03/25 vs Egg Harbor Township	12
01/15/25 @ Egg Harbor Township	11
+ 15 more games

Despite the loss, Ocean City still got an impressive performance from Naomi Nnewihe, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 14 boards. Nnewihe has become a key player for Ocean City: the team is 9-3 when she posts at least eight rebounds, but 3-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Scarlett Fletcher, who posted eight points and eight boards.

Even though they lost, Ocean City smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive boards in four consecutive matchups.

Ocean City has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-11 record this season. As for Wildwood, the win keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Ocean City will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Haddon Heights at 11:30 a.m. on February 22nd. As for Wildwood, they will face off against Middle Township at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Middle Township is on a four-game streak of home wins, Wildwood a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.