Holbrook entered their match against Winslow on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Holbrook Roadrunners fell just short of the Winslow Bulldogs by a score of 59-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (56), the Roadrunners still had to take the loss.
Holbrook's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyler Tapaha, who went 7 of 15 en route to 20 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals. That was a full 35.1% of Holbrook's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jaron Becenti, who scored 20 points.
Winslow got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Isaac David out in front who went 9 for 14 on his way to 19 points in addition to eight boards and six assists. The contest was David's tenth in a row with at least ten points. Izaak Panana was another key player, going 7 of 13 en route to 15 points.
Holbrook's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Winslow, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-8.
Holbrook will challenge Show Low at 7:30 p.m. on January 24th. As for Winslow, they will look to defend their home court on January 24th against Alchesay at 7:30 p.m. Winslow has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 3-0 during that stretch of close contests.
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