Basketball Recap: Sand Creek Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Payton Steinke and Carley Allen
By Team Reports
Feb 22, 2025, 6:58pm
Basketball Recap: Sand Creek Aggies vs. Jefferson Bears
Sand Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 46-28 to the Jefferson Bears. The Aggies were down 42-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Payton Steinke
02/19/25 @ Jefferson | 42% |
02/07/25 vs Morenci | 40% |
12/07/23 @ Hudson | 40% |
01/14/25 vs Quincy | 33% |
02/15/24 vs Erie-Mason | 33% |
Despite the loss, Sand Creek had strong showings from Carley Allen, who posted seven points and eight boards, and Payton Steinke, who went 5-for-12 to rack up 11 points. The dominant performance also gave Steinke a new career-high in field goal percentage (42%).
Sand Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Jefferson, their victory bumped their record up to 9-12.
Sand Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 36-32 win against Britton Deerfield on the 21st. Jefferson does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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