On Tuesday, the Bell Creek Academy Panthers were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the East Bay Indians. The loss was the Panthers' first of the season.
Bell Creek Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Natalia Long, who posted 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Christyana Allen, who earned nine points.
Za'Myria King had an outrageously good game for East Bay as she went 9 for 18 en route to 23 points plus eight rebounds and four steals. With that strong performance, King is now averaging an impressive 17 points per game. Another player making a difference was Victoria Whitfield, who earned four points in addition to 14 rebounds and two steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Bell Creek Academy fell to 2-1. As for East Bay, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Bell Creek Academy has already played their next game (against East Bay), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for East Bay, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Winthrop College Prep Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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