If Avella was feeling good fresh off their 69-39 takedown of Bentworth last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Avella Eagles were dealt a 62-21 loss at the hands of the Serra Catholic Eagles on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Avella can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 536th, while Serra Catholic is ranked 263rd).
Serra Catholic found their leader in freshman Bella Dumbroski, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and ten steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Dumbroski has scored at least a third of Serra Catholic's points. Abby Genes was another key player, putting up 15 points and five steals.
Avella's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Serra Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Avella has already played their next matchup (against Mapletown), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Serra Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 50-46 victory against Clairton on the 25th.
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