It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Fox Chapel Foxes can now relate to. They fell 63-50 to the Tigers on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Fox Chapel can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while Moon Area is ranked fourth).
When it comes to explaining why Fox Chapel lost, one person who can't be blamed is Jefferson Moorefield-Brown. Despite the final result, he scored 21 points. Moorefield-Brown is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 17 or more in the last three games he's played. Thomas Patterson was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Fox Chapel's defeat dropped their record down to 13-11. As for Moon Area, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 20-3.
Fox Chapel didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 62-55 win vs. Kiski Area on the 24th. Moon Area will square off against Thomas Jefferson at TBD on Monday. One thing working in Thomas Jefferson's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 21 games.
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