After flying high against the Legacy Christian Academy SAINTS last Thursday, the Paw Paw Pirates came back down to earth. Paw Paw was dealt a 97-60 loss at the hands of East Hardy on Monday. While losing is never fun, Paw Paw can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while East Hardy is ranked 20th).
Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Donavan Tanouye, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine assists. Tanouye has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last nine times he's played. Greyson Corbett was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and 13 rebounds.
Paw Paw's defeat dropped their record down to 14-9. As for East Hardy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-2.
Paw Paw does not have any more games scheduled as of now. East Hardy also has no future games currently scheduled.
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