After flying high against Oasis Christian two weeks ago, Kathleen came back down to earth. The Kathleen Red Devils had to suffer through a 55-14 loss at the hands of the George Jenkins Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 416th, while the Eagles are ranked 144th).
Defeat or not, Kathleen got some senior leadership from Gabriela Villegas and Haley Roper. Villegas posted seven points, while Roper earned seven points. That was a full 50% of Kathleen's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points.
Leading George Jenkins to victory were Zakharia Rutledge and Jaden West. Rutledge went 7 for 11 on her way to 15 points, while West put up nine points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Taleah Turner, who posted eight points.
Kathleen's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for George Jenkins, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5.
Kathleen will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Seffner Christian at 7:00 p.m. on January 13th. As for George Jenkins, they will head out on the road to square off against Lake Region at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. George Jenkins is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52 points per game this season.
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