After flying high against Putnam last Monday, Lyman Memorial came back down to earth. The Lyman Memorial Bulldogs took a 60-46 bruising from the Suffield Wildcats on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Wildcats are ranked 13th).
Loss or not, Lyman Memorial got some senior leadership from Jenny Lopez and Phoebe Carpenter. Lopez posted 21 points along with six assists and five rebounds, while Carpenter dropped a double-double with 13 points and 11 boards. That was a full 45.7% of Lyman Memorial's points, marking the eighth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Juliana Haynes was another key player, putting up six points.
Lyman Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Suffield, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Coming up, Lyman Memorial will face off against Windham RVT at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Suffield does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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