North Central falls despite big games from Cohen Meyers and Joe Burt

By Team Reports Mar 3, 2024, 5:33pm

Recap: North Central Eagles vs. Maumee Valley Country Day Hawks

The North Central Eagles lost against the Maumee Valley Country Day Hawks back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. North Central took a 57-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Maumee Valley Country Day. While losing is never fun, North Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 652nd, while Maumee Valley Country Day is ranked 158th).

Despite the loss, North Central had strong showings from Joe Burt, who scored 20 points, and Cohen Meyers, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds.

Maumee Valley Country Day was led to victory by Christian Majors and Amani-jordan Chandran-dickerson. Majors dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Chandran-dickerson scored 24 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Majors has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jorge Soriano, who scored 12 points along with two steals.

North Central has traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-16 record this season. As for Maumee Valley Country Day, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-7.

North Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Maumee Valley Country Day, they will head out on the road to face off against Antwerp at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Antwerp is coming into the contest with ten straight victories at home, so Maumee Valley Country Day will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.

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