It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the St. Pius X Warriors can now relate to. They fell 48-37 to the Hornets on Monday. While losing is never fun, St. Pius X can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while Chillicothe is ranked 15th).
Despite the defeat, St. Pius X saw an underclassman step up: Caroline McCoy scored 12 points along with five rebounds.
Chillicothe got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jolie Bonderer out in front who scored 17 points along with six rebounds and five steals. Bonderer hasn't dropped below two steals for six straight games. Another player making a difference was Kayanna Cranmer, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
St. Pius X dropped their record down to 14-15 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Chillicothe, the victory was the 20th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 27-1.
St. Pius X does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Chillicothe, they will head out on the road to take on Notre Dame de Sion at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Chillicothe focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Monday.
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