Pendleton played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt an 80-19 defeat at the hands of the Daniel Lions. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Lions are ranked 25th).
Alexis Mattress was Pendleton's leading scorer, having posted six points. Mattress also led the team in rebounds with six.
This is the second loss in a row for Pendleton and nudges their season record down to 2-4. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 4-2 Berea (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 77.1% over those games). As for Daniel, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Pendleton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 36-26 loss against Berea on the 15th. Daniel has also already played their next matchup (against Fountain Inn), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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