Taft was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 56-44 to the Harlan Hawks. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 856th, while the Hawks are ranked 250th).
Taft's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Taylor Olson, who posted 15 points and five boards. Another player making a difference was Amariya Scallion Warfield, who put up seven points and nine rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Harlan to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jazelle Scott, who went 7 of 15 on her way to 19 points in addition to five assists and four steals. Scott has been hot recently, having posted four or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaliyah Graham, who went 6 of 9 on her way to 16 points and seven rebounds.
Taft's loss dropped their record down to 9-16. As for Harlan, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-10.
When Taft and Harlan next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Taft will try to stop Brennan's seven-game winning streak when the meet at 1:00 p.m. on December 31st. Meanwhile, Harlan will try to stop Warren's five-game winning streak when the meet at 1:00 p.m. on December 31st.
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