The Maize Eagles lost against the South Cougars back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Maize fell just short of South by a score of 32-29. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Maize in their matchups with South: they've now lost five in a row.
South was led to victory by Mercedes Tarver and Paityn Fritz. Tarver scored seven points along with two steals, while Fritz dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. Fritz has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last five times she's played.
Maize's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for South, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 11-7.
Maize will head out on the road to take on Newton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Maize is facing Newton at the right time seeing as Newton is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for South, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Valley Center at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully South focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Friday.
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