Indian River entered their game against Grassfield on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Indian River Braves were dealt a 64-32 defeat at the hands of the Grassfield Grizzlies. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Grizzlies are ranked 28th).
It was another big night for Lauren Priester, who went 8 of 14 on her way to 22 points and four steals for Grassfield. Priester has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 33 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Thompson, who went 5 for 9 on her way to 12 points and seven rebounds.
Indian River's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-4. As for Grassfield, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
When Indian River and Grassfield next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Indian River will try to stop Oscar Smith's four-game winning streak when the meet at 7:30 p.m. on January 17th. Meanwhile, Grassfield will try to stop Hickory's three-game winning streak when the meet at 7:30 p.m. on January 17th.
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