Basketball Recap: North Forest Takes a Loss

North Forest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by the Worthing Colts 86-59. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1235th, while the Colts are ranked 508th).

Courtland Sloan was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and ten rebounds for Worthing. The game was Sloan's 15th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Boston Greenwood, who posted 16 points.

North Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 6-16. As for Worthing, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.

Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Yates the next time they take the court. North Forest will head out to face Yates at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, while Worthing will head out to face them at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.