The Cairo Syrupmakers and the New Hampstead Phoenix squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but sadly the Cairo Syrupmakers had to settle for second. Their rough 66-46 defeat to the Phoenix might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Cairo can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 150th, while New Hampstead is ranked 36th).
Despite the loss, Cairo still got an impressive performance from Keshen Spence, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. Spence hasn't dropped below 16 points for 11 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jykortnee Brown, who scored eight points along with five rebounds.
Cairo's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-11. As for New Hampstead, the win (which was their 16th in a row) raised their record to 23-5.
Cairo does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Hampstead, they will head out on the road to take on North Oconee at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Oconee is on a 15-game streak of home wins, New Hampstead a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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