Central Mountain was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a hard 61-47 fall against the Shamokin Area Indians. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Indians are ranked 37th).
When it comes to explaining why Central Mountain lost, don't look at Darius Shade. Despite the final result, he posted eight points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremy Reese, who scored four points.
Joe Hile was his usual excellent self, going 8 for 16 en route to 17 points along with seven boards and five assists for Shamokin Area. The contest was Hile's third in a row with at least ten points. Xavier Paul also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Central Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Shamokin Area, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 15-2.
Central Mountain has already played their next match (against Jersey Shore), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Shamokin Area has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Shikellamy.
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