You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Heritage Hills's strategy against Pike Central on Saturday. The Heritage Hills Patriots blew past the Pike Central Chargers 35-13. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Chargers are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Heritage Hills to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mayci Litherland, who went 5 for 6 on her way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hadley Leibering, who posted nine points in addition to six boards and three steals.
Heritage Hills is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.8 points per game. As for Pike Central, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-18.
Heritage Hills will challenge Evansville Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Pike Central, they will welcome Forest Park at 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
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