The Fitch Falcons and the Seymour Wildcats squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Fitch Falcons had to settle for second. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 71-70 to the Wildcats. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Fitch's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jayvon "JJ" Robinson, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten assists. Xavier Goode was another key contributor, scoring 17 points along with two steals.
Joey Carrafiello was his usual excellent self, scoring 29 points along with five rebounds and two steals for Seymour. Carrafiello continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Indrit Peraj, who scored 15 points along with four steals.
Fitch's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8. As for Seymour, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Fitch does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Seymour, they will head out on the road to face off against Sports & Medical Sciences Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Seymour focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday.
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