Basketball Recap: Griffith Falls Despite Big Games from Briana Esquivel and Olivia Esquivel

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Griffith can now relate to. They fell 50-38 to the East Chicago Central Cardinals on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now lost four in a row.

Briana Esquivel

Points

02/07/25 vs East Chicago Central	12
02/04/25 vs Calumet New Tech	7
01/28/25 vs Hammond Bishop Noll	7
01/25/25 @ Portage	2
01/18/25 vs Hanover Central	7
+ 12 more games

Olivia Esquivel and Briana Esquivel certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Olivia posted eight points, while Briana went 5 for 9 to rack up 12 points. That's the most points Briana has posted since back in November of 2024.

Griffith's loss dropped their record down to 10-13. As for East Chicago Central, their victory bumped their record up to 8-13.

Griffith does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for East Chicago Central, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 45-36 defeat against Highland on the 8th.