North Putnam was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 45-27 bruising from the Indian Creek Braves. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 208th, while the Braves are ranked 101st).
Indian Creek was led to victory by Ayla Lollar and Alexa Sichting. Lollar went 5 of 12 on her way to 13 points and seven steals, while Sichting went 7 of 12 on her way to 15 points in addition to five boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Lollar a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Reese Tunell, who posted six points.
North Putnam's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Indian Creek, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 10-4.
North Putnam will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on North Montgomery at 7:30 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Indian Creek and Heritage Hills will round out the year against one another at at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Indian Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.9 points per game this season.
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