It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Klondike Cougars can now relate to. They took a 63-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers on Monday. Klondike's defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Leading Whitharral to victory were Nomar Gomez and Nathaniel Sansom. Gomez scored 22 points, while Sansom dropped a double-double on 19 points and 14 rebounds. Sansom has been hot recently, having posted 14 or more rebounds the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Lee, who scored four points along with seven rebounds.
Klondike's loss dropped their record down to 16-15. As for Whitharral, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-5 record this season.
Klondike does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Whitharral is on the road again on Friday and plays Texline at 1:00 p.m. on March 1st. One thing working in Texline's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last ten games.
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