It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Whitehaven can now relate to. They took a blow against the Bearden Bulldogs on Thursday, falling 59-24. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Bulldogs are ranked second).
Whitehaven's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.5 points on average over those games. As for Bearden, their victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 33-5.
Whitehaven does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Bearden has already played their next game (against Bradley Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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