The Mercersburg Academy Blue Storm are ranked highly in their home state, and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Episcopal Maroon. Mercersburg Academy fell just short of Episcopal by a score of 55-52. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Mercersburg Academy has suffered yet this season.
Nia Henley and Madison Goodhart certainly did their best on Friday to try and avoid the loss. Henley scored 14 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, while Goodhart scored six points along with 15 rebounds. Henley hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games.
Ava Sawi continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Episcopal, scoring 32 points along with seven steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Sawi has scored at least a third of Episcopal's points.
Mercersburg Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Episcopal, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mercersburg Academy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Madeira at 1:00 p.m. on January 13th. Madeira will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 139th in Virginia, while Mercersburg Academy is ranked tenth in Pennsylvania). As for Episcopal, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Holton-Arms at 5:45 p.m. Holton-Arms will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
