Independence saw some tournament action on Saturday. They fell just short of the Eastern View Cyclones by a score of 55-53. While losing is never fun, Independence can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while Eastern View is ranked 78th).
| 12/28/24 @ Eastern View | 15 |
| 02/05/24 @ Riverside | 10 |
| 02/02/24 vs Stone Bridge | 9 |
| 02/07/24 vs Briar Woods | 9 |
| 01/22/24 @ Briar Woods | 8 |
Several Independence players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Abhay Grewal, who went 7 of 9 en route to 15 points. The dominant performance gave Grewal a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Ratliff, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 15 points.
Independence dropped their record down to 2-8 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Eastern View, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Independence will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Woodgrove at 7:00 p.m. on January 8th. As for Eastern View, they will head out to challenge Chancellor at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Eastern View is facing Chancellor at the right time seeing as Chancellor is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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