Basketball Recap: Benton Comes Up Short

Benton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were dealt a 78-43 defeat at the hands of the Clear Creek-Amana Clippers. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Clippers are ranked 54th).

Benton's loss dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Clear Creek-Amana, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-6.

Benton has already played their next contest (against Williamsburg), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Clear Creek-Amana has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against South Tama County.