The Warsaw Tigers pushed their score all the way to 59 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Brownsburg by a score of 61-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did last Wednesday (56), Warsaw still had to take the loss.
Warsaw lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brooke Zartman, who scored 16 points along with three steals. The match was Zartman's 11th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Joslyn Bricker, who scored 16 points along with six assists.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Brownsburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Avery Gordon, who scored 17 points. That makes it 12 consecutive games in which Gordon has scored at least 25% of Brownsburg's points. Another player making a difference was Elle McCulloch, who scored eight points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Warsaw has not been sharp recently, as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-6 record this season. As for Brownsburg, their win bumped their record up to 6-8.
Warsaw will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Jeffersonville at 5:00 p.m. on December 29, 2023. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Indiana (Jeffersonville is ranked 61st, while Warsaw is ranked 60th). Brownsburg will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Center Grove at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Center Grove is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.
