Basketball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Kennedy

Richards came into Tuesday's match looking for another win against Kennedy, but Ja'Veon Sargent-Williams wouldn't allow it. The Kennedy Crusaders came out on top against the Richards Warriors by a score of 76-67 on Tuesday thanks in part to Sargent-Williams, who went 13 of 24 en route to 33 points. Those 33 points gave him a new career-high.

The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Dahl, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 14 points and eight rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last three games he's played.

The win (which was Kennedy's third in a row) raised their record to 7-14. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 34.9% in those games and 22% outside of them. As for Richards, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 9-9.

Kennedy will face off against Hancock at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kennedy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.3 points per game this season. Richards does not have any more games scheduled as of now.