After flying high against Woodland last Friday, Hiram came back down to earth. The Hiram Hornets were outmatched by the Cartersville Hurricanes and fell 76-43. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 116th).
When it comes to explaining why Hiram lost on Friday, don't look at Taylor Crawford. Despite the final result, she went 8 for 16 on her way to 18 points. That was a full 41.9% of Hiram's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Damariah Windmon was another key player, putting up six points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cartersville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaytlin Arnold, who went 7 of 17 en route to 19 points and eight steals. Those eight steals gave Arnold a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Zoe Mccurry, who went 5 for 8 on her way to 17 points.
Hiram's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Cartersville, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Hiram has already played their next match (against Allatoona), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Cartersville has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Southeast Whitfield County.
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