Cypress Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 44-40 heartbreaker at the hands of the Sunlake Seahawks. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 331st, while the Seahawks are ranked 156th).
Several Coyotes players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ava Wyatt, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten boards. Cypress Creek is 4-2 when Wyatt posts eight or more boards, but 3-6 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Deslynn Nickell, who posted ten points in addition to seven boards and seven steals.
Cherity Powells was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds for Sunlake. Those 11 boards gave Powells a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kaycie Hyde, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 14 boards.
Cypress Creek now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Sunlake, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-5.
Cypress Creek will square off against Zephyrhills at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Sunlake, they will challenge Lecanto at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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