On Saturday, the Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes lost to the Utah Prep Athletes on the road by a 84-70 margin. While losing is never fun, the Panthers and Pantherettes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 61st in Texas, while the Athletes are ranked second in Utah).
Duncanville lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Beckham Black, who went 6 for 9 on his way to 14 points in addition to five assists and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Christopher Hunt Jr, who went 7 of 13 en route to 19 points.
Duncanville's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Utah Prep, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
Duncanville wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 59-57 victory against Lancaster on the 17th. As for Utah Prep, they will take on Kahuku in a tournament on Wednesday. One thing working in Utah Prep's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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