Blacksburg lost against Salem on January 3rd and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Blacksburg Bruins had to suffer through a 67-39 loss at the hands of the Salem Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Spartans are ranked 41st).
Salem was led to victory by Charli Wynn and Emme Custer. Wynn went 7 for 10 on her way to 16 points and eight steals, while Custer went 9 of 17 en route to 22 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Custer a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Gabby Crawley, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 13 points and three steals.
Blacksburg is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-9. As for Salem, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
Blacksburg will head out to square off against Pulaski County at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Salem, they and Hidden Valley will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Salem's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.
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