Benton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 16th straight loss dating back to last season. They took a blow against the Northwest Area Rangers, falling 64-32. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 749th, while the Rangers are ranked 205th).
Benton's defeat dropped their record down to 0-14. As for Northwest Area, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-3.
Benton has already played their next matchup (against Columbia Montour Vo-Tech), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Northwest Area will square off against Sullivan County at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Northwest Area knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Sullivan County likes a good challenge.
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