It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Barnesville Trojans can now relate to. They fell 65-53 to the Yellowjackets on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Barnesville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Perham is ranked 18th).
Willow Thiel continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Perham, dropping a double-double on 33 points and 15 rebounds. Thiel is crushing the point category: she's posted at least 15 every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Cora Grismer, who scored 15 points along with two steals.
Barnesville's loss dropped their record down to 18-11. As for Perham, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-3.
Barnesville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Perham, they will challenge Pelican Rapids at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Perham knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 25 matches -- so hopefully Pelican Rapids likes a good challenge.
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