Bennett County lost against Winner back in February of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Bennett County Warriors were outmatched by the Winner Warriors and fell 55-24. While losing is never fun, Bennett County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 127th, while Winner is ranked 35th).
Winner was led to victory by Carter Craven and Shawn Hammerbeck. Craven dropped a double-double on 23 points and 14 boards, while Hammerbeck dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds. Craven's evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.
Bennett County dropped their record down to 4-8 with the defeat, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Winner, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Bennett County will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Kadoka at 6:00 p.m. on February 4th. Winner has already played their next game (against Todd County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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