After flying high against Beechcroft on Friday, Linden-McKinley came back down to earth. The Linden-McKinley Panthers were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 50-49 to the Dunbar Wolverines. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Wolverines: they've now lost four in a row.
Dunbar's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Blessyn Preston led the charge by putting up 20 points along with seven steals and five assists. Those five assists gave Preston a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Donisha Davis, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 rebounds.
Linden-McKinley's defeat dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Dunbar, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Linden-McKinley has already played their next contest (against Columbus International), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Dunbar has already played their next match, a 56-52 victory against Ponitz Career Tech on the 27th.
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