The Athens Red Hawks pushed their score all the way to 58 on Wednesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Troy 63-58. While losing is never fun, Athens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 216th, while Troy is ranked 31st).
Several Red Hawks players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Griffin Labay, who scored 17 points along with two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Downey, who scored 15 points along with three blocks.
This is the second loss in a row for Athens and nudges their season record down to 14-9. As for Troy, the win (which was their 23rd in a row) raised their record to 23-1.
Athens does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Troy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Brother Rice at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. Brother Rice has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 195 points over their last three matchups.
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