Kingsbury was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were dealt a 66-15 defeat at the hands of the Memphis East Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Mustangs are ranked 64th).
Despite the loss, Kingsbury saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Maleah Ward posted 14 points. That was a full 93.3% of Kingsbury's points, marking the tenth time in a row she's scored more than a third of the team's points.
Memphis East found their leader in freshman Ava Cleaves, who went 5 for 8 en route to 12 points and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Amiyah Spencer, who had four points and six steals.
Kingsbury's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Memphis East, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Kingsbury has already played their next contest (against KIPP Collegiate), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Memphis East will challenge Overton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Overton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season.
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