The Penns Grove Red Devils lost against the Cherokee Chiefs back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. Penns Grove fell 45-38 to Cherokee. Penns Grove has not had much luck with Cherokee recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Penns Grove lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Giomar Conrad, who scored ten points. Conrad scored a full 26.3% of Penns Grove's points, the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Ka'Ron Ceaser, who scored six points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Penns Grove now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Cherokee, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Penns Grove will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Vineland at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cherokee and Westampton Tech will round out the year against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at. Westampton Tech has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.