The Chiles Timberwolves were the 63-47 winner over the North Florida Christian Eagles when they last played one another two weeks ago, but their luck changed this time around. Chiles was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 66-65 to North Florida Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Friday (60), Chiles still had to take the loss.
Several Timberwolves players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Isaiah Bundrage, who scored 22 points. That was a full 33.8% of Chiles' points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trenquarius Strozier, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Parker Freeland was his usual excellent self, going 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 34 points and 0 assists for North Florida Christian. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Freeland has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Nyle Wright, who scored 14 points.
Chiles' defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-9. As for North Florida Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 9-10.
Chiles won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Madison County at 7:30 p.m. on January 24th. Hopefully Madison County focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Monday. As for North Florida Christian, they the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Wakulla at 7:00 p.m. on January 26th.
