Basketball Game Recap: Billings Wildcats vs. Marionville Comets

By Team Reports Dec 18, 2023, 11:22am

Recap: Billings Wildcats vs. Marionville Comets

The Billings Wildcats lost against the Marionville Comets back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Billings was dealt a 82-20 loss at the hands of Marionville. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points Billings has scored all season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Marionville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lucy Newberry , who scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. The contest was Newberry 's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Anniliyah Ghan, who scored 15 points along with six rebounds and three steals.

This is the second loss in a row for Billings and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for Marionville, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.

Billings will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on McAuley Catholic on December 26th. McAuley Catholic is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home. Marionville will be home for the holidays to greet Greenfield at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Greenfield comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 24 points in their last four games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.