It was a good run, but Sunbright unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jellico Blue Devils. The Tigers lost against the Blue Devils in their previous head to head back in February of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 70-41 score last time.
01/17/25 @ Jellico | 20 |
12/19/24 @ Midway | 15 |
11/23/24 vs Red Boiling Springs | 15 |
11/25/24 vs Harriman | 12 |
12/28/24 vs Cloudland | 11 |
Sunbright's loss came despite strong showings from Garrett Rogers and Ben Carson. Rogers posted 26 points, while Carson had 20 points. The dominant performance gave Carson a new career-high in points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Jellico to victory, but perhaps none more so than Seth Brandenburg, who went 7 for 17 en route to 16 points and seven steals. With that strong performance, Brandenburg is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. Another player making a difference was Gavin Dabney, who scored 13 points in addition to five rebounds and four steals.
Sunbright's loss dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Jellico, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.
Sunbright has already played their next matchup, a 42-41 win against Rockwood on the 21st. Jellico has also already played their next game (against Cosby), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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