Basketball Recap: Maya Richburg's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Hopewell over Blackhawk

Hopewell lost against Blackhawk back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Hopewell Vikings lost to the Blackhawk Cougars at home by a 41-24 margin. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 352nd, while the Cougars are ranked 28th).

Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Maya Richburg, who posted seven points. Richburg has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times she's played.

Aubree Hupp was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 15 points and 17 boards for Blackhawk. Another player making a difference was Alivia Rabick, who earned eight points and eight rebounds.

Vikings

Previous 5 Games

01/23/25 vs Blackhawk	24-41
01/20/25 vs Hampton	38-20
01/17/25 @ Lincoln Park Performing Arts	42-14
01/14/25 @ Freedom Area	59-36
01/13/25 @ Central Valley	40-55

With the defeat, Hopewell broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-11. As for Blackhawk, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 14-2.

Hopewell has already played their next game, a 56-42 loss against Beaver on the 27th. As for Blackhawk, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 70-23 victory against Lincoln Park Performing Arts on the 24th.