It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Ryle Raiders can now relate to. They fell 45-34 to the Jaguars on Thursday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Ryle in their matchups with Cooper: they've now lost seven in a row.
Several Raiders players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Gracie Carrigan, who scored ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelyn Jones, who scored six points along with seven rebounds and four blocks.
Ryle struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Ryle's loss dropped their record down to 19-11. As for Cooper, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 25-4.
Ryle's road trip will continue as they head out to face Dixie Heights at 2:30 p.m. on March 3rd. Hopefully Ryle focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Thursday. Cooper does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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