Basketball Recap: Champlain Valley Union Falls Short Against Ranked Rice Memorial

By Team Reports Feb 12, 2025, 1:49am

Basketball Recap: Champlain Valley Union Redhawks vs. Rice Memorial Green Knights

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On Tuesday, Champlain Valley Union faced Rice Memorial in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Champlain Valley Union Redhawks fell 58-50 to the Rice Memorial Green Knights. The Redhawks haven't had much luck with the Green Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Adrian Paliling

Points

02/11/25 @ Rice Memorial10
02/08/25 vs Essex9
02/04/25 @ Burlington4
01/30/25 @ Mt. Mansfield1
01/27/25 @ Colchester10
+ 12 more games

Champlain Valley Union's defeat came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Adrian Paliling, who posted ten points. Paliling continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Gangl, who went 5 of 8 en route to 10 points.

Champlain Valley Union's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Rice Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Champlain Valley Union will head out to take on Burr & Burton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Rice Memorial, they are taking a road trip to face off against Bellows Free Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

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