Shadow Creek easily dispatched Alvin last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Shadow Creek Sharks fell just short of the Manvel Mavericks by a score of 61-58 on Friday. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Sharks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 60-50 back in December of 2024.
Shadow Creek's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Preston Young, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 17 boards. The dominant performance also gave Young a new career-high in assists (three). Another player making a difference was Aliyah Woodard, who posted 21 points and four steals.
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Even though they lost, Shadow Creek smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 24 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 16 consecutive matchups.
With the loss, Shadow Creek broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 21-9. As for Manvel, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 23-7.
Shadow Creek will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Dawson at 4:00 p.m. Dawson knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Shadow Creek likes a good challenge. Manvel has already played their next game (against Pearland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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