Sutherland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They lost 63-40 to the Wauneta-Palisade Broncos. The Sailors were not able to make up for their defeat to the Broncos from their previous meeting back in February of 2024.
Sutherland lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Tristan Maxcy, who posted eight points and seven boards. Another player making a difference was Zayn Green, who scored six points and nine rebounds.
Grayden Sutherland went supernova for Wauneta-Palisade, going 7-for-12 on his way to 21 points and six boards. The dominant performance also gave Sutherland a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (56%). Aden Acton was another key player, putting up nine points and five rebounds.
Sutherland's loss dropped their record down to 2-15. As for Wauneta-Palisade, they picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 2-16.
Sutherland has already played their next match (against Maxwell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Wauneta-Palisade, they will look to defend their home court on February 14th against Maywood/Hayes Center at 7:30 p.m. Wauneta-Palisade has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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