West Port was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They fell 65-56 to the Wildwood Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Wednesday (55), the Wolf Pack still had to take the loss.
Wildwood found their leader in freshman Demarius Knight, who went 8 of 13 on his way to 22 points in addition to seven boards and five assists. The dominant performance gave Knight a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Traeston Armstrong, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
West Port's defeat dropped their record down to 1-17. As for Wildwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. West Port will square off against Umatilla at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Port is facing Umatilla at the right time seeing as Umatilla is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Wildwood, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Seven Rivers Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Wildwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 68.6 points per game this season.
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