After flying high against Hubbard last Friday, Italy came back down to earth. The Italy Gladiators took a 36-32 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mildred Eagles. Sadly, that's the second time they've come up short against the Gladiators this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 48-46 back in January.
Landry Janek
| 01/31/25 @ Mildred | 4 |
| 01/14/25 @ Dawson | 3 |
| 11/09/24 @ Buffalo | 3 |
| 12/02/24 vs McGregor | 2 |
| 01/07/25 vs Mildred | 1 |
When it comes to explaining why Italy lost on Friday, don't look at Landry Janek. Despite the final result, she posted four points in addition to eight boards and five steals. The dominant performance also gave Janek a new career-high in blocks (four). Another player making a difference was Tatum Box, who scored 11 points and six rebounds.
Even though they lost, Italy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive boards in seven consecutive contests.
Italy's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-10. As for Mildred, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 11-16.
Italy will be playing in front of their home fans against Kerens at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mildred does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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