Basketball Recap: Sutherland Comes Up Short

Sutherland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They had to suffer through a 70-28 loss at the hands of the Paxton Tigers. The Sailors lost against the Tigers in their previous head to head back in February of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was even wider than the 44-33 score last time.

Zayn Green

Points (Career)

02/13/25 vs Paxton	8
02/07/25 @ Wauneta-Palisade	6
01/28/25 vs Maxwell	4
12/21/24 vs Elba	4
01/21/25 @ Medicine Valley	2

Despite the defeat, Sutherland had strong showings from Zayn Green, who posted eight points and five rebounds, and Tristan Maxcy, who put up four points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Green a new career-high in points.

Leading Paxton to victory were Jasper Brewster and Tanner Hebblethwaite. Brewster went 9-for-14 on his way to 20 points, while Hebblethwaite went 5-for-7 to rack up 12 points and five steals. Thanks to that strong game, Brewster now owns an excellent 46% shooting accuracy. Maddex Mcconnell was another key player, going 5-for-8 en route to 12 points.

Sutherland's loss dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Paxton, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.

Coming up, Sutherland will challenge Creek Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Paxton, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 61-44 defeat against Hershey on the 14th.