After a string of five wins, McKinley's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 74-73 to the Washington Tigers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (62), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
| 01/21/25 vs Washington | 16 |
| 01/17/25 @ Lake | 15 |
| 01/14/25 vs Hoover | 15 |
McKinley's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Anthony Chavers, who went 8 of 14 en route to 16 points and eight boards. Chavers' evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ed Webster, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
McKinley's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-3. As for Washington, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
McKinley has already played their next game, a 75-56 victory against GlenOak on the 24th. As for Washington, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 77-47 win against Perry on the 24th.
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