Kennedy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 71-62 to the McFarland Cougars. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (58), the Thunderbirds still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Kennedy still got an impressive performance from Zikeem Dozer, who went 6 of 9 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points. That was a full 35.5% of Kennedy's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alize Garcia, who earned 11 points.
Kennedy's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-7. As for McFarland, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-5.
Kennedy has already played their next contest, a 43-38 defeat against Shafter on the 14th. As for McFarland, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, an 82-47 victory against Delano on the 14th.
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