Basketball Recap: Buckland Takes a Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Buckland can now relate to. They took a 53-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Skagway Panthers on Friday. The contest marked the Sissauni's lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Royce Borst continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Skagway, dropping a double-double with 28 points and 13 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Borst has scored at least a third of Skagway's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Camden Lawson, who went 7-for-12 on his way to 14 points.

Buckland's defeat dropped their record down to 13-10. As for Skagway, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.

Buckland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Skagway, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 71-68 victory against Nunamiut on the 15th.