Basketball Recap: Wisdom Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Dec 9, 2024, 7:15am

Basketball Recap: Wisdom Generals vs. Bellaire Cardinals

Wisdom was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 21st straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt an 84-25 loss at the hands of the Bellaire Cardinals. While losing is never fun, the Generals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1321st, while the Cardinals are ranked 79th).

Bellaire's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kohlman Dutton led the charge by going 7 for 8 en route to 16 points plus six assists and five steals. The dominant performance also gave Dutton a new career-high in field goal percentage (88%). Riley Hudlow was another key player, going 5 for 8 en route to 15 points plus five steals.

Wisdom's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Bellaire, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.

Wisdom will be playing in front of their home fans against Furr at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Furr knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully Wisdom likes a good challenge. As for Bellaire, they will venture away from home to take on Cesar E. Chavez at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

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