Jefferson fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Washington on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 60-52 to the Washington Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Patriots are ranked ninth).
Washington was led to victory by Jasiah King and Keyan Proctor. King posted 16 points in addition to six assists and five boards, while Proctor went 5 of 8 on his way to 11 points and five rebounds. Dj Boardley was another key player, putting up 11 points and five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Jefferson and nudges their season record down to 8-7. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 9-2 Martinsburg (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 76.6% over those games). As for Washington, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Coming up, Jefferson will square off against Musselman at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Washington, they have already played their next contest, a 66-54 victory against Martinsburg on the 10th.
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