Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They came up short against the Crest Ridge Cougars, falling 57-32. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 494th, while the Cougars are ranked 162nd).
Leading Crest Ridge to victory were Laney Wilhite and Kayley Marten. Wilhite went 7 of 8 on her way to 17 points and seven rebounds, while Marten went 6 for 14 en route to 12 points along with seven boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Wilhite a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Savanna Camp, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 10 points.
Lutheran's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Crest Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Lutheran has already played their next game (against Plattsburg), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Crest Ridge has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Lexington.
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