Basketball Recap: Madisonville-North Hopkins Takes a Loss

If Madisonville-North Hopkins was feeling good fresh off their 61-19 takedown of Dawson Springs last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons took a blow against the Henderson County Colonels on Thursday, falling 64-37. While losing is never fun, the Maroons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Colonels are ranked tenth).

Allyson Rideout went supernova for Henderson County, going 8 for 12 en route to 20 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. Rideout has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Brooklyn Gibson, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 11 points and seven boards.

Maroons

Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 @ Henderson County	37-64
01/28/25 @ Dawson Springs	61-19
01/27/25 vs Caldwell County	66-55
01/23/25 vs Lyon County	67-63
01/20/25 @ Hopkins County Central	54-58

The loss snapped Madisonville-North Hopkins' winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-7 record. As for Henderson County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.

Madisonville-North Hopkins has already played their next contest (against McLean County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Henderson County has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Lyon County.