The Dakota Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Brighton Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Dakota focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Dakota lost to Renaissance at home by a decisive 55-38 margin. While losing is never fun, Dakota can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while Renaissance is ranked ninth).
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Samone Andrews, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and four steals. Andrews is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Tambre Williams, who scored eight points along with 16 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Brighton beat Plymouth 37-25 last Tuesday.
Dakota's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5. As for Brighton, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-11.
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