After flying high against Green last Tuesday, McKinley came back down to earth. The McKinley Bulldogs fell just short of the Jackson Polar Bears by a score of 74-71 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (70), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
McKinley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Reed Sims Jr, who went 9 for 21 en route to 21 points and eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Chavers, who went 6 of 15 to rack up 16 points and three steals.
McKinley's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 10-1 and their overall record down to 14-5. As for Jackson, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Looking ahead, McKinley is taking a road trip to square off against Hoover at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. McKinley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Jackson, they will host Green at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Green has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Jackson will come in with five straight victories.
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