Recap: East Panthers vs. South Park Sparks
The East Panthers's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their sixth straight defeat. They took a 63-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Park. East has not had much luck with South Park recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
East lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jussean Pearsall, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Pearsall hasn't dropped below two steals for 15 straight games. Rhondell Johnson was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with five rebounds and three steals.
East's defeat was their eighth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-15. As for South Park, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. East won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Lewis J. Bennett at 5:30 p.m. on February 16th. Hopefully East focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 51 on Thursday. As for South Park, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Health Sciences Charter at 6:00 p.m. on February 16th. South Park will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps New York Rankings (they are ranked 462nd, while Health Sciences Charter is ranked 80th).
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