The New Bloomfield Wildcats's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their third straight defeat. They took a 65-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Elizabeth. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for New Bloomfield in their matchups with St. Elizabeth: they've now lost seven in a row.
Despite the loss, New Bloomfield still got an impressive performance from Jacob Fuhriman, who scored 25 points along with six steals. Fuhriman has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Jordan, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Even though they lost, New Bloomfield were working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. This was only their 13th loss (out of 20 games) when they've passed the ball that well.
St. Elizabeth was led to victory by Ryan Hodge and Isaac Green. Hodge scored 15 points, while Green scored 14 points. Blake Wobbe was another key contributor, scoring six points.
New Bloomfield dropped their record down to 8-17 with that loss, which was their seventh straight at home. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.6 points per game. As for St. Elizabeth, they now have a winning record of 13-12.
New Bloomfield will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against North Callaway at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully New Bloomfield focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Thursday. As for St. Elizabeth, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 73-54 win vs. Tuscumbia on the 17th.
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