Basketball Recap: Paint Valley Comes Up Short

Paint Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were outmatched by the Unioto Shermans and fell 81-32. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bearcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 57-24 last Monday.

Sophia Stauffer

Steals

02/05/25 @ Unioto	2
02/03/25 @ Zane Trace	3
02/01/25 vs Piketon	3
01/30/25 vs Fairfield	2
01/27/25 vs Unioto	2
+ 9 more games

Paint Valley lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Sophia Stauffer, who posted nine points. Stauffer has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 14 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Braylyn Cunningham, who scored five points.

Leading Unioto to victory were Milee Smith and Mya Hamilton. Smith shot 4-for-6 from deep and almost dropped a double-double on 25 points and nine boards, while Hamilton almost dropped a double-double on 31 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Hamilton a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (75%). Abigail Watson also deserves some recognition as she scored her first points of the season.

Paint Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-19. As for Unioto, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 17-4.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Paint Valley will square off against Belpre at 7:00 p.m. on February 13th. As for Unioto, they will take on Circleville at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.