The Widefield Gladiators pushed their score all the way to 59 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 70-59 hit to the loss column at the hands of Harrison. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (57), Widefield still had to take the loss.
Widefield's loss came despite strong showings from Jayden Andrews and Jaylen Sankey. Andrews scored 16 points along with six rebounds, while Sankey scored 17 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Paul Mitchell, who scored six points.
Even though they lost, Widefield smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. This was only their 12th loss (out of 15 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Kenneth Jones jr continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Harrison, almost dropping a double-double on 40 points and nine rebounds. Jones jr has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last nine times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeilo Hamenyimana, who scored 13 points along with four steals.
Widefield's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-19. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.8 points per game. As for Harrison, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Widefield does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Harrison, they will square off against Montrose at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
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