Pender lost against Heide Trask last Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Pender Patriots fell to the Heide Trask Titans 38-32.
Pender lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Maddison Francis, who posted 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Solange Stewart, who scored eight points.
Heide Trask got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Alanah Watkins out in front who put up 11 points along with seven steals and five assists. Heide Trask is 7-2 when Watkins posts five or more steals, but 4-11 otherwise. Scarlett Dickson was another key player, putting up six points and eight rebounds.
Pender dropped their record down to 4-12 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Heide Trask, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-13 record this season.
Coming up, Pender is taking a road trip to square off against Whiteville at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Heide Trask, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against South Columbus at 6:00 p.m. Heide Trask is facing South Columbus at the right time seeing as South Columbus is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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