Cotton Center was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by the Whitharral Panthers 65-16. While losing is never fun, the Elks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1543rd, while the Panthers are ranked 438th).
Kylee Prutzman and Serenity Hartless certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Prutzman posted ten points and six boards, while Hartless had two points. That was a full 62.5% of Cotton Center's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Paige Smith was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 12 steals for Whitharral. The matchup was Smith's tenth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Elizabeth Reyna, who scored eight points and six steals.
Cotton Center's defeat dropped their record down to 4-18. As for Whitharral, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cotton Center will venture away from home to take on Amherst at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Cotton Center is facing Amherst at the right time seeing as Amherst is stuck on a 17-game losing streak. As for Whitharral, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Whitharral Panthers take on the Wellman-Union Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Whitharral is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.9 points per game this season.
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