Richlands is 1-9 against West Carteret since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Richlands Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the West Carteret Patriots at 5:30 p.m. Hopefully Richlands focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Thursday.
Richlands pushed their score all the way to 61, but even that wasn't enough to win. They suffered a tough 83-61 defeat at the hands of West Carteret. Richlands was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-23.
Richlands' defeat came about despite a quality game from Lenny Halftner-Hunter, who almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. Halftner-Hunter has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last four times he's played. KeAndre Mattocks was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with four steals.
Richlands struggled to work together and finished the game with only two assists. They are winless (0-3) when they just don't pass the ball.
Richlands has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season. As for West Carteret, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-12.
Richlands might still be hurting after the 83-61 defeat they got from West Carteret in their previous matchup on Thursday. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Richlands was down 48-23.
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