Basketball Recap: Bella Diaz's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Brookside over Wellington

Brookside lost against Wellington back in February and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Brookside Cardinals fell 48-40 to the Wellington Dukes.

Brookside lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Bella Diaz, who went 7 for 16 on her way to 15 points and six rebounds. Those six boards gave Diaz a new career-high. Brianna Slaughter was another key player, putting up 11 points.

Wellington found their leader in sophomore Mackenzie Jerousek, who posted 14 points and six rebounds. Those 14 points set a new season-high mark for Jerousek. The team also got some help courtesy of Kalynne Pickering, who put up nine points and six rebounds.

Brookside's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Wellington, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.

Brookside will look to defend their home court on December 28th against Open Door Christian at 5:30 p.m. Wellington and New London will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on December 30th.