Sumner-Eddyville-Miller came into Tuesday's contest looking for another win against Anselmo-Merna, but Dane Duryea wouldn't allow it. The Anselmo-Merna Coyotes snuck past the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs with a 51-46 victory on Tuesday thanks in part to Duryea, who went 6 of 13 en route to 19 points in addition to six rebounds and four blocks. That makes it nine consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Anselmo-Merna's points.
01/21/25 vs Sumner-Eddyville-Miller | 7 |
01/07/25 @ Stuart | 5 |
12/16/23 @ Burwell | 5 |
01/17/25 vs Central Valley | 3 |
01/03/25 vs Hitchcock County | 3 |
The team also got some help courtesy of Caenyn Priest, who posted seven points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Cohen Rohde, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 18 points. Caden Williams also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Anselmo-Merna has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8 record this season. As for Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Anselmo-Merna has already played their next game (against North Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller will square off against Silver Lake at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Silver Lake will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Sumner-Eddyville-Miller surely won't give up without a fight.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps