Basketball Recap: Westwood Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Amari Alexander and Aneya Britt

Westwood lost against Summerville on December 1st and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Westwood Redhawks took a 44-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Summerville Green Wave. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Green Wave are ranked 33rd).

Westwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Aneya Britt, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds, and Amari Alexander, who posted 13 points and six boards. Britt has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Si'Niya Curry, who had nine points.

Westwood has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season. As for Summerville, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Westwood will be taking part in a tournament against Fort Mill at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Summerville, they will host Lafayette at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Summerville's defense has only allowed 21.8 points per game this season, so Lafayette's offense will have their work cut out for them.