River Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell 83-73 to the Cypress Creek Coyotes . Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (65), the Royal Knights still had to take the loss.
River Ridge lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being TJ Beal, who went 9 for 17 on his way to 23 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Yeager, who went 7 of 17 on his way to 17 points and three steals.
Cypress Creek's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Caleb Edmonds, who went 10 of 15 on his way to 31 points in addition to six boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Edmonds a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Manuel Castro, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 16 points in addition to eight assists and six boards.
River Ridge now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Cypress Creek, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-4.
River Ridge wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 70-33 win against Tarpon Springs on the 20th. As for Cypress Creek, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 65-39 defeat against Norwayne on the 26th.
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