Basketball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Cane Bay

Cobras

Previous Games

01/17/25 vs Stratford	81-43
01/14/25 @ Wando	77-71
01/07/25 @ Cathedral Academy	58-48
01/03/25 vs Stall	69-45
12/30/24 vs Wren	58-56
+ 3 more games

Cane Bay had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.4 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They claimed a resounding 81-43 victory over the Stratford Knights. The Cobras have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 22 points or more this season.

Cane Bay was led to victory by Kevin Dukes and Jarvis Roper. Dukes went 7 for 13 en route to 15 points along with six assists and six rebounds, while Roper went 6 of 8 on his way to 15 points. Those six assists gave Dukes a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tarik Henderson, who went 5 of 6 en route to 13 points.

Several Knights players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Khristion Swift, who posted 12 points. Swift continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Herman Smith was another key player, putting up ten points and eight boards.

Cane Bay pushed their record up to 13-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.2 points per game. As for Stratford, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-8.

Cane Bay didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 53-40 victory against Lucy Beckham on the 20th. As for Stratford, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 65-51 defeat against Berkeley on the 20th.