It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Littlestown Thunderbolts can now relate to. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 86-63 walloping at the hands of the Saints on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (59), Littlestown still had to take the loss.
Neumann-Goretti's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Deshawn Yates, who scored 24 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Larenzo Jerkins, who scored 19 points along with six rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Littlestown and nudges their season record down to 19-8. As for Neumann-Goretti, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 23-3.
Littlestown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Neumann-Goretti's road trip will continue as they head out to face Berks Catholic on March 12th. Berks Catholic will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 57th, while Neumann-Goretti is ranked third).
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