Recap: Oakland-Craig Knights vs. Elmwood-Murdock Knights
Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, the Oakland-Craig Knights couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They took a 44-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights on Wednesday. Oakland-Craig's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Oakland-Craig's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Adi Rennerfeldt, who scored 11 points along with four steals, and Briar Ray who scored 13 points along with three steals. Ray has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played.
Tatum Backemeyer continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Elmwood-Murdock, scoring 20 points along with three steals. Backemeyer has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times she's played. Brooklyn Mans was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with six rebounds.
Oakland-Craig's loss dropped their record down to 16-6. As for Elmwood-Murdock, the win was the 19th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-1.
Oakland-Craig does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Elmwood-Murdock's road trip will continue as they head out to face Crofton at 3:15 p.m. on March 1st. Hopefully Elmwood-Murdock focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Wednesday.
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