Basketball Recap: Heritage Hills' Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

Patriots

Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 vs Princeton	49-59
01/28/25 @ Evansville Christian	45-36
01/25/25 @ Pike Central	35-13
01/23/25 @ Boonville	60-51
01/21/25 vs Gibson Southern	57-64

Heritage Hills lost against Princeton back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Heritage Hills Patriots fell 59-49 to the Princeton Tigers. The Patriots' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Despite the loss, Heritage Hills still got an impressive performance from Hadley Leibering, who went 7 for 12 en route to 17 points along with five boards and four steals. Leibering has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Mayci Litherland, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 15 points.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Princeton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ailie Taylor, who went 7 for 11 en route to 18 points. Jemiah Buford was another key player, going 8 of 12 on her way to 17 points and seven rebounds.

Heritage Hills' loss dropped their record down to 11-10. As for Princeton, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-12.

Heritage Hills wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 57-27 victory against Mt. Vernon on the 1st. Princeton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.