Even though the Riverside Pirates scored an imposing 55 points on Thursday, the Graham Local Falcons still came out on top. Graham Local walked away with a 64-55 win over Riverside. With that victory, Graham Local brought their scoring average up to 50.3 points per game.
Graham Local was led to victory by Emma Yukon and Zoey Conn. Yukon scored 19 points, while Conn dropped a double-double on 26 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Conn has scored at least 25% of Graham Local's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Audrey Larmee, who scored 3 points along with 5 steals.
Riverside's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Emma Saylor, who scored 16 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Saylor scored a full 29.1% of Riverside's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Zoie Armbruster, who scored 10 points along with 7 rebounds.
The victory makes it two in a row for Graham Local and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Riverside, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Graham Local will head out on the road to face off against Tecumseh at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Riverside, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bethel at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
