Royal Valley came into Friday's contest looking for another win against St. Marys, but Hayden Heim wouldn't allow it. The St. Marys Bears strolled past the Royal Valley Panthers with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 51-37 thanks in part to Heim, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of St. Marys' points.
| 01/17/25 @ Royal Valley | 8 |
| 12/06/24 @ Olpe | 7 |
| 12/10/24 @ Centralia | 6 |
| 12/20/24 vs Maranatha Christian Academy | 4 |
| 12/08/23 vs Mission Valley | 4 |
Maizie Kent was another key player, putting up five points and eight boards. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in rebounds.
Despite the defeat, Royal Valley saw an underclassman step up: freshman KiWe Miller dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 boards. That was a full 45.9% of Royal Valley's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Athena Broaddus, who put up six points and 11 rebounds.
St. Marys has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points per game. As for Royal Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-3.
The future could be bright for both St. Marys and Royal Valley: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. St. Marys will look to extend Jefferson West's three-game losing streak when the meet on January 24th. Similarly, Royal Valley will try to hand Chapman their fourth-straight defeat when the two meet at 3:00 p.m. on January 25th.
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