Basketball Recap: Ella Allen's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Edgewood over Monroe

Edgewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 32-24 to the Monroe Hornets. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Cougars this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 36-28 back in December of 2024.

Edgewood lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ella Allen, who posted four points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Allen a new career-high in assists (three).

Edgewood's defeat dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Monroe, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-11.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Edgewood has already played their next game (against Madison), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Monroe will head out on the road to challenge Waynesville at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday. Waynesville knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Monroe likes a good challenge.