Basketball Recap: New Kent Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact New Kent can now relate to. They had to suffer through a 76-30 loss at the hands of the Hopewell Blue Devils. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Trojans have suffered since January 21st.

Hopewell was led to victory by April Winfield and Erin Edmonds HV17. Winfield almost dropped a double-double with 20 points and nine steals, while Edmonds HV17 went 10-for-17 en route to 24 points along with eight assists and six rebounds. The matchup was Edmonds HV17's tenth in a row with at least 23 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dionne Morris, who posted eight points.

New Kent's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-14. As for Hopewell, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-4.

New Kent does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hopewell, they have already played their next game, a 55-50 win against Lafayette on the 27th.