It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Water Valley can now relate to. They came up short against the Leflore County Tigers on Tuesday, falling 67-47. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Tigers are ranked 72nd).
Leflore County found their leader in sophomore Jeremy Gilbert, who went 9-for-15 to rack up 21 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Emoni Journey, who went 6-for-13 en route to 16 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Water Valley and nudges their season record down to 10-16. As for Leflore County, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Water Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Leflore County, they will take on Eupora at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Leflore County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.6 points per game this season.
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