Kingstree was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell 61-50 to the Marion Swamp Foxes. While losing is never fun, the Blazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 256th, while the Swamp Foxes are ranked 113th).
When it comes to explaining why Kingstree lost, don't look at Mal'Aki Matthews. Despite the final result, he posted 20 points. That was a full 40% of Kingstree's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Charles White Jr had a dynamite game for Marion, going 6 of 13 en route to 15 points and four steals. Another player making a difference was Tahj Lathon, who went 5 for 9 to rack up 12 points and three steals.
Kingstree's record is now 5-18. As for Marion, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season.
Kingstree didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 62-31 loss against Mullins on the 7th. Marion has also already played their next game (against Manning), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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