Benton is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Blue Valley Northwest. The Benton Cardinals fell just short of the Blue Valley Northwest Huskies by a score of 52-50. The Cardinals have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Blue Valley Northwest's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ayden Mcgibboney led the charge by going 8 for 12 en route to 19 points and six boards. Trevor Garlington was another key player, going 5 of 7 on his way to 12 points and four steals.
Benton's loss dropped their record down to 12-3. As for Blue Valley Northwest, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
While Benton had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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