It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Nativity BVM can now relate to. They took a 65-51 bruising from the Minersville Battlin' Miners on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 323rd, while the Battlin' Miners are ranked 67th).
Trey Keating and Sam Walborn certainly did their best on Wednesday to avoid the loss. Keating went 8-for-18 en route to 26 points and six rebounds, while Walborn posted 15 points and three steals. That was a full 51% of Nativity BVM's points, marking the third time in a row Keating has scored more than a third of the team's points.
Minersville's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dante Carr, who went 6-for-9 on his way to 14 points along with eight assists and five boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Bowers, who went 5-for-11 to rack up 12 points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Nativity BVM and nudges their season record down to 14-9. As for Minersville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season.
Looking ahead, Nativity BVM will take on Tri-Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Nativity BVM is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 67 points per game this season. As for Minersville, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 50-43 loss against Pottsville on the 14th.
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