East Rutherford was the 64-54 winner over Shelby when they last played one another back in December of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The East Rutherford Cavaliers lost to the Shelby Golden Lions on the road by a 60-46 margin on Wednesday. The matchup marked the Cavaliers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Several Cavaliers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Blake Suttle, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 16 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Pinkerton, who posted ten points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for East Rutherford and nudges their season record down to 2-7. As for Shelby, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
East Rutherford and Kings Mountain will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. on December 27th. Kings Mountain knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully East Rutherford likes a good challenge. As for Shelby, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 70-50 victory against Cherryville on the 19th.
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