On Tuesday, the West Fork Gators were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 41-40 to the Big Sandy Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 998th, while the Wildcats are ranked 455th).
When it comes to explaining why West Fork lost, don't look at Nadia Camacho. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 16 points and 14 steals. Another player making a difference was Saniah White, who scored ten points along with six steals.
Even though they lost, West Fork smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
West Fork's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-8. As for Big Sandy, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
West Fork didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 69-16 loss against Clear Creek on the 6th. Big Sandy has also already played their next matchup (against West Fork), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
