After flying high against McLean County last Friday, Jasper came back down to earth. The Jasper Wildcats fell 50-37 to the Evansville Reitz Panthers on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Panthers are ranked 34th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Evansville Reitz to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaelyse Mitchell, who went 8 for 14 en route to 17 points and eight boards. Another player making a difference was Brilyn Staley, who went 5 of 10 on her way to 14 points.
Jasper's loss dropped their record down to 12-8-1. As for Evansville Reitz, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 15-4.
Jasper will host Martinsville at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Evansville Reitz, they will head out to face off against Breckinridge County at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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