Cheraw suffered their closest loss since December 7, 2024 on Thursday. They fell just short of the Holly Wildcats by a score of 50-48. The Wolverines haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Braden Stoker
| 02/20/25 @ Holly | 17 |
| 02/04/25 vs Las Animas | 15 |
| 01/10/25 @ Kit Carson | 15 |
| 12/17/24 vs Manzanola | 14 |
| 12/14/24 vs Wiley | 14 |
Several Wolverines players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Braden Stoker, who went 7-for-13 to rack up 17 points in addition to six assists and five boards. The dominant performance gave Stoker a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tim Provost, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Stoker wasn't the only one working in the assist department: Cheraw was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. This was only their second loss (out of seven games) when they've passed the ball that well.
Holly had a senior duo take command as Devin Eaton shot 60% from the field on his way to 20 points along with eight boards and four steals and Truman King went 8-for-18 en route to 25 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Eaton has scored at least a third of Holly's points.
Cheraw's record now sits at 9-8. As for Holly, their win bumped their record up to 12-7.
Cheraw didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 56-40 defeat against Granada on the 21st. As for Holly, they have also already played their next contest, a 57-43 loss against Cheyenne Wells on the 22nd.
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