Basketball Recap: Chase Romberger's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Millersburg over Halifax

Millersburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 53-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Halifax Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 548th, while the Wildcats are ranked 173rd).

Several Indians players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chase Romberger, who went 9 for 13 on his way to 18 points and five steals. Those five steals gave Romberger a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyniel Johnson, who went 5 of 10 en route to 10 points.

Millersburg's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Halifax, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-3.

Millersburg will head out to square off against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Halifax, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Dayspring Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Dayspring Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.5 points per game this season.