Basketball Recap: Maddex Mcconnell's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Paxton over St. Patrick's

Paxton came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the St. Patrick's Irish, falling 72-49. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Irish recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.

Maddex Mcconnell

Points

02/27/25 @ St. Patrick's	10
02/25/25 vs Sandhills Valley	9
02/21/25 vs St. Patrick's	4
02/14/25 vs Hershey	3
02/13/25 @ Sutherland	12
+ 19 more games

Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Maddex Mcconnell, who went 5-for-12 en route to 10 points and six rebounds. Mcconnell 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 Wyatt Walker, who posted 12 points.

Paxton's defeat dropped their record down to 15-9. As for St. Patrick's, they pushed their record up to 18-6 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home.

As of now, neither Paxton nor St. Patrick's have any future games scheduled.