It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Piedmont Panthers can now relate to. They received a tough blow on Tuesday as they fell 60-42 to the Indians. While losing is never fun, Piedmont can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 362nd, while St. Stephens is ranked 167th).
Despite the loss, Piedmont still got an impressive performance from Emily Polk, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 12 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikayla Baucom, who scored ten points along with five rebounds.
St. Stephens got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Molli Harris out in front who scored 19 points along with two steals. Harris hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. Kennedy Blevins was another key contributor, scoring 16 points along with six rebounds.
Piedmont's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-11. As for St. Stephens, they pushed their record up to 16-10 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Piedmont does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Stephens, they will head out on the road to face off against West Henderson at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully St. Stephens focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Tuesday.
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