Newberry lost against Keenan back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Newberry Bulldogs were beaten by the Keenan Raiders 65-11. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Raiders are ranked 46th).
It was another big night for Taelor Lee-Sutton, who went 10-for-20 on her way to 22 points along with six assists and six steals for Keenan. Keenan is 14-2 when Lee-Sutton posts three or more steals, but 3-4 otherwise. Aareonna Cuaghman was another key player, going 5-for-9 to rack up 12 points and eight steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Newberry and nudges their season record down to 8-15. As for Keenan, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Newberry will welcome Swansea at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Newberry is facing Swansea at the right time seeing as Swansea is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Keenan, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against Aynor at 6:00 p.m. Keenan knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Aynor likes a good challenge.
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