Claremore was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 47-34 to the Bishop Kelley Comets. While losing is never fun, the Zebras can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Comets are ranked 122nd).
Claremore lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Asia Roper, who posted 13 points. That was a full 38.2% of Claremore's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Autumn Roper, who went 5 for 12 en route to 13 points.
Bishop Kelley had a senior duo take command as Julia Grisaffe went 6 of 9 on her way to 15 points and four steals and Anne Blankenship almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards. Blankenship is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 35 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Wray, who had five points and three steals.
Claremore's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Bishop Kelley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season.
Claremore has already played their next game (against Aurora), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Bishop Kelley will face off against Guthrie at 6:00 p.m. on January 28th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
