The Maret Frogs are ranked highly in their home state, and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Potomac School Panthers. Maret fell 66-53 to Potomac School. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Maret of the 65-61 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture last Friday.
Kennedy Austin and London Liley certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Austin dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Liley scored 15 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Liley has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Claire Mathews, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
Sabrina Anderson continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Potomac School, scoring 30 points along with two steals and two blocks. Anderson is trending in the right direction, as she's improved her point production for four games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Zora Burrell, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Maret's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Potomac School, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Maret won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Flint Hill at 5:45 p.m. on February 9th. Hopefully Maret focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Thursday. As for Potomac School, they and Connelly School of the Holy Child will face off at 5:45 p.m. on February 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in their respective states (Connelly School of the Holy Child is ranked 19th in Maryland, while Potomac School is ranked ninth in Virginia).
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