Basketball Recap: Laiken Haas' Big Game Can't Quite Lead River Ridge/Scales Mound over Galena

River Ridge/Scales Mound entered their matchup against Galena on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The River Ridge/Scales Mound Wildcats took a 57-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Galena Pirates. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Pirates this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 45-30 back in January.

River Ridge/Scales Mound lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Laiken Haas, who went 6 of 14 to rack up 20 points and three steals. She has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last nine times she's played. Another player making a difference was Sarah Winter, who posted seven points along with nine boards and seven steals.

River Ridge/Scales Mound's loss dropped their record down to 22-6. As for Galena, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season.

River Ridge/Scales Mound has already played their next game (against Stockton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Galena, they have already played their next match, a 43-16 win against Warren on the 10th.