The Decatur Community Red Devils struggled with offensive rebounds on Friday (the Quinter Bulldogs had 14 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Decatur Community suffered a tough 54-30 defeat at the hands of Quinter. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Decatur Community in their matchups with Quinter: they've now lost seven in a row.
Decatur Community lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Gage Williby, who scored nine points along with four steals. Williby has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Jaden Capuzzo was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with nine rebounds and five steals.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Quinter to victory, but perhaps none more so than Avery Briggs, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine rebounds. Briggs is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Trace Kinderknecht, who scored eight points along with five steals.
Decatur Community has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-14 record this season. As for Quinter, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 16-2.
Decatur Community will be playing at home against Logan on Tuesday. Hopefully Decatur Community focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Friday. As for Quinter, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 45-39 loss vs. Osborne on the 17th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
