Basketball Recap: Ty Bennett's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Doniphan-Trumbull over Concordia

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Doniphan-Trumbull can now relate to. They fell 54-45 to the Concordia Mustangs on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Cardinals in their meetings with the Mustangs: they've now lost three in a row.

Doniphan-Trumbull lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Ty Bennett, who shot 45% from the field en route to 17 points. Another player making a difference was Parker Volk, who posted seven points and five steals.

Doniphan-Trumbull's loss dropped their record down to 19-7. As for Concordia, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-4.

Doniphan-Trumbull has already played their next matchup, a 60-51 defeat against Lincoln Lutheran on the 15th. As for Concordia, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 53-39 loss against Ashland-Greenwood on the 15th.