Mt. Vernon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 18th straight loss dating back to last season. They were beaten by the Evansville Memorial Tigers 52-22. 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 367th, while the Tigers are ranked 140th).
01/21/25 vs Evansville Memorial | 3 |
12/18/24 vs Evansville Bosse | 2 |
11/22/24 vs North Posey | 2 |
01/18/25 @ Fairfield | 1 |
12/07/24 @ Pike Central | 1 |
Mt. Vernon's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Abby Powell, who posted two points, and Josie Harshbarger, who had four points along with three steals and three blocks. Those three blocks gave Harshbarger a new career-high.
Mt. Vernon's record is now 0-17. As for Evansville Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 6-8.
Mt. Vernon has already played their next game (against Forest Park), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Evansville Memorial won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Evansville Central at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Evansville Central will roll in looking for their 11th straight win, something Evansville Memorial surely won't give up without a fight.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps