The Kennedy Knights suffered their biggest defeat yet this season on Tuesday. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 52-30 walloping at the hands of Eastside. While losing is never fun, Kennedy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while Eastside is ranked 27th).
Zahniya Castillo and My'Shayla Clancy certainly did their best on Tuesday to try and avoid the loss. Castillo dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds, while Clancy dropped a double-double on 13 points and 13 rebounds. That was a full 43.3% of Kennedy's points, marking the eighth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Kennedy's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-7. As for Eastside, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Kennedy will take on West Milford at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Eastside, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Lincoln at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
