Stanhope Elmore was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 56-43 to the Marbury Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 85th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Marbury to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gabrielle Brown, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. With that strong performance, Brown is now averaging an impressive 2.3 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Nunu Jernigan, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Stanhope Elmore's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Marbury, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Stanhope Elmore has already played their next contest (against Marbury), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Marbury, they will host Pelham at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
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