It was a good run, but the Englewood Pirates unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 54-43 to Bennett. While losing is never fun, Englewood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 288th, while Bennett is ranked 131st).
Englewood lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jonae Harris, who scored 15 points along with four steals. Jaliyah Mora was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with three steals.
Bennett was led to victory by Lily Venneberg and Jessica Venneberg. Venneberg scored 16 points along with eight steals and seven rebounds, while Venneberg dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds. Venneberg is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Raquel Thorpe, who scored three points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Englewood bumped their record down to 3-9 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Bennett, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
Englewood will head out on the road to square off against The Pinnacle at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bennett, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Bruce Randolph at 11:30 a.m.
