Camden County takes loss despite strong efforts from Faith Underwood and Aaliyah Anderson

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2024, 8:43am

Recap: Camden County Bruins vs. Holmes Aces

The Camden County Bruins's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of Holmes by a score of 48-45. Camden County lost against Holmes in their previous head to head back in January, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 64-33 score last time.

Camden County's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Aaliyah Anderson, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 17 rebounds, and Faith Underwood who scored 16 points along with eight rebounds. It was the first time this season that Underwood pulled down eight or more rebounds. Another player making a difference was Amaya Demps, who scored four points along with seven rebounds and two steals.

Even though they lost, Camden County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. This was only their 11th loss (out of 13 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.

Ellie Spear continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Holmes, almost dropping a double-double on 19 points and nine steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Chappell, who scored nine points along with four steals.

Camden County dropped their record down to 2-17 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Holmes, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-10.

Camden County will square off against Manteo at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Camden County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Tuesday. As for Holmes, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Hertford County at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hertford County has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

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