Basketball Recap: Briggs Takes a Loss

Bruins

Previous 5 Games

01/14/25 @ Africentric Early College	11-71
01/10/25 vs South	44-31
01/07/25 vs Marion-Franklin	41-37
12/28/24 @ Grove City Christian	41-24
12/27/24 vs Patriot Prep Academy	44-31

After a string of eight wins, Briggs's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were dealt a 71-11 loss at the hands of the Africentric Early College Nubians. The match marked the Bruins' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Mali Woods-Laws was Briggs' leading scorer, having posted six points. Woods-Laws also led the team in rebounds with six.

Leading Africentric Early College to victory were Jae?Veyonna Brown and Jeniya Bowers. Brown posted 19 points and eight boards, while Bowers scored 16 points. Brown has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last four times she's played. Nyajah Harris was another key player, putting up two points and four steals.

Briggs' defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-7. As for Africentric Early College, they pushed their record up to 10-3 with the win, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season.

Briggs has already played their next game (against Walnut Ridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Africentric Early College wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 67-2 victory against Marion-Franklin on the 17th.