Basketball Recap: Loogootee Find Success

Loogootee won against Springs Valley two weeks ago with 41 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. The Loogootee Lions walked away with a 41-34 win over the Clay City Eels. That's two games straight that the Lions have won by exactly seven points.

Alaina Diamond continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 22 points and ten boards. She is becoming a predictor of Loogootee's success: when she posts at least ten boards the team is 6-3 (and 0-4 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Madison Waggner, who posted eight points and 11 rebounds.

Despite the loss, Clay City still got an impressive performance from Taylor Rhienhart, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Rhienhart a new career-high in steals (six). Abigale Shearer was another key player, putting up eight points.

Lions

Previous 2 Games

01/04/25 @ Clay City	41-34
12/21/24 vs Springs Valley	41-34

The victory made it two in a row for Loogootee and bumps their season record up to 6-7. As for Clay City, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-11.

Loogootee will venture away from home to challenge Wood Memorial at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Clay City, they will take on Greencastle at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.