Hempfield Area was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 54-36 bruising from the Penn-Trafford Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Warriors are ranked 13th).
It was another big night for Lauren Marton, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds for Penn-Trafford. The dominant performance gave Marton a new career-high in points. Torrie Destefano was another key player, putting up 11 points and four steals.
Hempfield Area's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Penn-Trafford, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 14-0.
Hempfield Area has already played their next matchup (against Non Varsity Opponent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Penn-Trafford will challenge Greensburg Salem at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Penn-Trafford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.5 points per game this season.
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