Basketball Recap: Sumner Skates Past Durant with Ease

By Team Reports Dec 7, 2024, 8:08pm

Basketball Recap: Sumner Stingrays vs. Durant Cougars

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Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sumner). They blew past the Durant Cougars 68-31 on Friday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-22.

Sumner found their leader in sophomore Anthony Bailey, who went 9 for 14 en route to 22 points plus seven rebounds and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin Baker, who went 7 for 8 en route to 17 points.

Sumner was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Sumner's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1. As for Durant, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season.

Sumner will take on Plant City at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Plant City will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Sumner surely won't give up without a fight. As for Durant, they will challenge Brandon at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Durant is facing Brandon at the right time seeing as Brandon is stuck on a four-game losing streak.

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