If Maple Hill was riding high fresh off their 68-18 takedown of Germantown on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Maple Hill Wildcats lost to the Peru Nighthawks on the road by a 59-42 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while the Nighthawks are ranked 43rd).
Peru was led to victory by Reese Duprey and Bella Berry. Duprey dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards, while Berry went 8 for 11 on her way to 19 points. The dominant performance gave Berry a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Maggie Garrow, who posted eight points and three steals.
Maple Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Peru, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-2.
Maple Hill wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 54-37 loss against Delaware Academy on the 19th. Peru has also already played their next match, a 60-21 defeat against Greenwich on the 19th.
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