The Flint Hill Huskies were not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a rough 60-20 loss at the hands of Sidwell Friends. While losing is never fun, Flint Hill can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 71st in Virginia, while Sidwell Friends is ranked second in District of Columbia).
Despite the loss, Flint Hill still got an impressive performance from Raigan Mccalla, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds. That was a full 70% of Flint Hill's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Sidwell Friends' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jayla Jackson led the charge by scoring 12 points along with five assists and three steals. Zania Socka was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Flint Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 8-19. As for Sidwell Friends, they pushed their record up to 22-5 with that victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.
Flint Hill will take on Collegiate at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Collegiate focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Thursday. As for Sidwell Friends, they won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Maret at 5:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Maret is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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