Basketball Recap: Briar Woods Takes Loss Despite Strong Performances from Sadie Auch and Brianna Zaher

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Briar Woods can now relate to. They took a 45-28 bruising from the Potomac Falls Panthers on Wednesday. The match marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Sadie Auch

Field Goal Percentage (Career)

02/19/25 @ Potomac Falls	83%
01/21/25 @ Potomac Falls	67%
01/23/25 @ Lightridge	57%
02/10/25 vs Lightridge	50%
02/07/25 vs Potomac Falls	50%

Despite the loss, Briar Woods had strong showings from Brianna Zaher, who posted seven points in addition to five rebounds and five blocks, and Sadie Auch, who went 5-for-6 on her way to 12 points and eight boards. The dominant performance also gave Auch a new career-high in field goal percentage (83%).

Briar Woods' defeat dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Potomac Falls, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-4.

Briar Woods does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Potomac Falls, they will host Riverside at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.