Basketball Recap: Defiance Gets the Win

By Team Reports Dec 20, 2024, 5:23am

Basketball Recap: Defiance Bulldogs vs. Memorial Roughriders

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Isabella Rowlison

Steals (Career)

12/19/24 vs Memorial7
01/04/24 vs Van Wert4
12/19/23 vs Bluffton4
12/21/23 @ Maumee3
12/07/23 vs Wapakoneta3

Memorial came into Thursday's contest looking for another win against Defiance, but Isabella Rowlison wouldn't allow it. The Defiance Bulldogs came out on top against the Memorial Roughriders by a score of 41-34 on Thursday thanks in part to Rowlison, who went 8 of 13 on her way to 19 points along with seven boards and seven steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in steals.

Defiance's win bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Memorial, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.

Defiance and Memorial could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. Defiance (ranked 587th) will meet Paulding (ranked 147th) at 1:30 p.m. on January 4, 2025. Meanwhile, Memorial (ranked 501st) will meet Findlay (ranked 189th) at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

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