After a string of seven wins, the Oakland Patriots's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Blackman by a score of 45-43. Oakland was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Blackman apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played on February 2nd.
Loss or not, Oakland got some senior leadership from Alonna Poole and Kalise Bass. Poole scored 14 points along with six rebounds, while Bass. scored nine points. Amaya Nash was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with six rebounds.
Kaelyn Flowers continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Blackman, scoring 26 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Flowers has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tishana Moore, who scored six points.
Oakland's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-11. As for Blackman, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Oakland will take on Wilson Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Oakland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Saturday. As for Blackman, they will be playing at home against Stewarts Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Blackman is coming into the contest with five straight wins at home, so Stewarts Creek will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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