Basketball Recap: New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Comes Up Short

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 25th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Knights 82-52. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 401st, while the Knights are ranked 75th).

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva's loss dropped their record down to 0-14. As for Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.

New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva will face off against Martin County West at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva is facing Martin County West at the right time seeing as Martin County West is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 68-65 win against Minnesota Valley Lutheran on the 21st.