Basketball Recap: Tulelake Takes a Loss

After flying high against Big Valley last Monday, Tulelake came back down to earth. The Tulelake Honkers took a 56-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lost River Raiders on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Honkers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 925th in California, while the Raiders are ranked 122nd in Oregon).

Despite the loss, Tulelake still got an impressive performance from Makenzie Perez, who posted 18 points and six rebounds. That was a full 41.9% of Tulelake's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. Alejandra Perez was another key player, putting up six points.

Tulelake's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Lost River, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.

Tulelake wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 64-24 victory against Happy Camp on the 17th. Lost River has also already played their next game (against Lowell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.