The Richfield Spartans's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their seventh straight loss. They took a hard 76-62 fall against Academy of Holy Angels. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Richfield lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Aniiya Johnson, who scored 16 points. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 16 or more in the last three games she's played. Zarihana Rennie was another key contributor, scoring four points along with 13 rebounds and four steals.
Even though they lost, Richfield were working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Richfield has not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last nine matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-14 record this season. As for Academy of Holy Angels, the win got them back to even at 12-12.
Richfield will be playing at home against Kennedy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Richfield is on a four-game streak of home losses, Kennedy a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. Academy of Holy Angels will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Robbinsdale Cooper at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Robbinsdale Cooper has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
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