College Park fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Grand Oaks on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the Grand Oaks Grizzlies. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 525th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 159th).
College Park lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Emma Wardinsky, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Wardinsky is becoming a predictor of College Park's success: when she posts at least eight rebounds the team is 6-3 (and 0-3 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Gretchen Wright, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds.
It was another big night for Bree Riley, who had 21 points in addition to four steals for Grand Oaks. Riley's evening made it 33 games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of K'Mylii Nettles, who posted two points plus three steals.
College Park's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Grand Oaks, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-2.
College Park didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 46-41 win against Alvin on the 5th. Grand Oaks has also already played their next game, a 67-39 victory against Hamshire-Fannett on the 6th.
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