Stratford was the 64-44 winner over Little Axe when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Stratford Bulldogs lost to the Little Axe Indians on the road by a 81-64 margin on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (59), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
01/21/25 @ Little Axe | 27 |
12/09/23 vs Tupelo | 16 |
01/12/24 vs Wayne | 14 |
02/02/24 @ Asher | 13 |
12/07/24 vs Stonewall | 13 |
Despite the loss, Stratford still got an impressive performance from Carson Owens, who went 12 of 24 en route to 27 points along with five assists and three steals. Those 27 points gave Owens a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Smithwick, who posted 15 points and five boards.
Owens wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Stratford was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive contests.
Stratford now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Little Axe, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 11-7.
Stratford wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 59-46 win against Maud on the 23rd. Little Axe has also already played their next game (against Santa Fe South), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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