Flanagan-Cornell has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell 63-55 to the Wilmington Wildcats on Friday. The Falcons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Wildcats apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in December of 2019.
Several Falcons players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Logan Ruddy, who went 7 of 12 on his way to 15 points and six blocks. Ruddy is becoming a predictor of Flanagan-Cornell's success: when he posts at least three blocks the team is 7-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Reed, who went 7 of 14 on his way to 19 points.
Flanagan-Cornell's defeat dropped their record down to 9-4. As for Wilmington, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Flanagan-Cornell and Serena will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Flanagan-Cornell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.6 points per game this season. As for Wilmington, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Reed-Custer at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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