The Washington County Bulldogs will take on the St. Luke's Episcopal Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Washington County came up short against Clarke County on Thursday, falling 62-42. While losing is never fun, Washington County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while Clarke County is ranked 145th).
Meanwhile, St. Luke's Episcopal unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a hard 57-42 fall against Clarke County.
Washington County will have to contain Armani Coleman as she made an impact in St. Luke's Episcopal's last game. She went 7 for 17 on her way to 24 points and four blocks. The dominant performance gave Coleman a new career-high in blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Stephenson, who posted 11 points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.
St. Luke's Episcopal's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-11. As for Washington County, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-5.
Washington County suffered a grim 52-30 defeat to St. Luke's Episcopal in their previous meeting on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stephenson, who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine assists. Now that Washington County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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