It was a good run, but the Middletown Middies unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a hard 59-40 fall against West Clermont. While losing is never fun, Middletown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while West Clermont is ranked 34th).
West Clermont found their leader in underclassman Layla Hale, who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Hale has scored at least a third of West Clermont's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Rodriguez, who scored 13 points along with two steals and two blocks.
Middletown's defeat dropped their record down to 8-14. As for West Clermont, they have been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Middletown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. West Clermont is on the road again on Tuesday and plays Northwest at 5:30 p.m. on February 20th. Hopefully West Clermont focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Tuesday.
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