Basketball Recap: Plainfield Beats Kennedy for Their Fifth Straight Victory

Cardinals

Previous 5 Games

01/20/25 vs Kennedy	53-46
01/12/25 vs Ewing	47-40
12/29/24 vs Colonia	55-26
12/27/24 vs Immaculata	48-45
12/22/24 vs Weequahic	37-17

Plainfield had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They came out on top against the Kennedy Knights by a score of 53-46. That's two games straight that the Cardinals have won by exactly seven points.

Despite the loss, Kennedy still got an impressive performance from Shay Shay Clancy, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. That was a full 39.1% of Kennedy's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Zahniya Castillo, who scored 14 points.

Plainfield's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Kennedy, they moved to 9-4 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Plainfield has already played their next match, a 68-43 win against Scotch Plains-Fanwood on the 21st. As for Kennedy, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 35-13 victory against Clifton on the 21st.