The Casady Cyclones and the Holdenville Wolverines squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Casady Cyclones had to settle for second. They were the victim of a rough 78-55 loss at the hands of the Wolverines. While losing is never fun, Casady can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 786th, while Holdenville is ranked 69th).
Despite the defeat, Casady had strong showings from Kate Naifeh, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 16 rebounds, and Trinity Boone, who scored 26 points. That was a full 47.3% of Casady's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Holdenville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dah?myah Olden led the charge by scoring 23 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Olden has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Belle Mcfarland, who scored 17 points.
Casady's loss dropped their record down to 9-14. As for Holdenville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Casady won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Little Axe at 6:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Little Axe is coming into the match with 12 straight victories on the road, so Casady will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Holdenville, they will take on Millwood at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Holdenville comes in on six and Millwood on eight.
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