Clemente suffered their biggest defeat since January 18, 2024 on Friday. They came up short against the Wells Raiders, falling 44-20. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 572nd, while the Raiders are ranked 184th).
Wells found their leader in freshman Ashanti Clark, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten boards. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Clark has scored at least a third of Wells' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tamyra Davis, who posted nine points.
Clemente dropped their record down to 2-7 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Wells, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Clemente will welcome Zion-Benton at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Wells, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Kelvyn Park at 5:00 p.m. on January 22nd.
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