The Duchesne Cardinals's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their third straight loss. They fell 42-32 to Bennington. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Duchesne in their matchups with Bennington: they've now lost seven in a row.
Duchesne lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being June Mullen, who scored six points along with six rebounds and five assists. Mullen hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Addy Kula, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Duchesne struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Bennington pulled down 12 offensive rebounds.
Bennington was led to victory by Skylar Johnson and Presley Baca. Johnson scored 15 points along with seven rebounds, while Baca scored 14 points along with eight rebounds. Baca has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last three times she's played. Reese Almquist was another key contributor, scoring four points along with seven rebounds.
Duchesne has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. As for Bennington, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-7.
Duchesne will be playing at home against Mercy at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Duchesne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday. As for Bennington, they will face off against Gretna East at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Gretna East is coming into the contest with three straight victories on the road, so Bennington is out to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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