Norborne comes up short despite Kottin McClure's strong performance

By Team Reports Feb 16, 2024, 6:03am

Recap: Norborne Pirates vs. Tina-Avalon Dragons

The Norborne Pirates lost against the Tina-Avalon Dragons back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. Norborne took a 54-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of Tina-Avalon. Norborne has struggled against Tina-Avalon recently, as their match on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.

Despite the loss, Norborne still got an impressive performance from Kottin McClure, who scored 23 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points McClure has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Thad Hopkins, who scored eight points along with 13 rebounds and four steals.

Norborne's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-16. As for Tina-Avalon, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-10.

Norborne will head out on the road to square off against Northland Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Norborne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Tuesday. As for Tina-Avalon, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Meadville at 8:00 p.m.

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