Basketball Recap: Taft Takes a Loss

Taft was the 81-70 winner over West Oso when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Taft Greyhounds received a blow on Tuesday as they fell 68-50 to the West Oso Bears. The Greyhounds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

West Oso was led to victory by Jerald Harper and C'Angelo Richardson. Harper almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds, while Richardson dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 boards. Those 11 boards gave Richardson a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Amarre Sanders, who posted six points and six assists.

Taft's loss dropped their record down to 17-14. As for West Oso, their win bumped their record up to 21-12.

Taft will face off against Mathis at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Taft is facing Mathis at the right time seeing as Mathis is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. West Oso has already played their next match (against Odem), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.