Freedom came into their game on Wednesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They took a blow against the McDowell Titans, falling 73-43. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Titans are ranked 41st).
Despite the loss, Freedom still got an impressive performance from Ava Cooke, who dropped a double-double with 20 points and 11 boards. Sumara McElrath also deserves some recognition as she posted her first block of the season.
It was another big night for Khloe Joyner, who almost dropped a double-double with 25 points and nine steals for McDowell. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which Joyner has scored at least a third of the Titans' points. Another player making a difference was Sanai Corpening, who dropped a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Freedom has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-16 record this season. As for McDowell, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 20-5.
Freedom has already played their next contest, a 51-37 defeat against Central Cabarrus on the 24th. As for McDowell, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 54-39 victory against Alexander Central on the 20th.
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