The Jamestown Eagles and the Monacan Chiefs squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the Jamestown Eagles had to settle for second. The game between them and the Chiefs wasn't particularly close, with the Eagles falling 66-50. While losing is never fun, Jamestown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while Monacan is ranked seventh).
Leading Monacan to victory were Trinity Jones and Amirah Washington. Jones scored 22 points along with two steals, while Washington dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. Washington hasn't dropped below 19 points for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Lila Donnelly, who scored 13 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Jamestown and nudges their season record down to 22-2. As for Monacan, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Jamestown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Monacan, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 66-56 loss vs. Hampton on the 1st.
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