The Ben Davis Giants will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Roncalli Royals at 7:30 p.m. on December 20th. Ben Davis will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 154th, while Roncalli is ranked 45th).
Ben Davis struggled with assists on Thursday (Zionsville had seven more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Ben Davis' tough 52-31 defeat to Zionsville might stick with them for a while.
Ben Davis' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Laila Brown, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and four blocks, and Zoe Wheeler who scored ten points along with five rebounds and four steals. The matchup was Wheeler's fifth in a row with at least ten points.
Meanwhile, Roncalli pushed their score all the way to 59 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Gibson Southern by a score of 62-59.
Ben Davis' loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Roncalli, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.
Ben Davis skirted past Roncalli 56-53 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Roncalli's Lydia Stahley, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ben Davis still be able to contain him? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
