Blue Devils
| 12/21/24 @ Frontier | 55 |
| 12/12/24 vs Tyler | 54 |
| 12/14/24 vs Oak Glen | 50 |
| 12/10/24 @ Parkersburg Catholic | 43 |
| 12/17/24 @ Ritchie County | 30 |
| 12/19/24 @ Williamstown | 29 |
St. Marys scored the most points they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They lost to the Frontier Cougars on the road by a 72-55 margin. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Blue Devils came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 30th in West Virginia, while the Cougars are ranked 312th in Ohio).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Frontier to victory, but perhaps none more so than True King, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten boards. Those 20 points gave King a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Austyn Kephart, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 16 points.
St. Marys dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Frontier, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
St. Marys didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 66-44 loss against Fort Frye on the 23rd. Frontier and Marlington will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Frontier is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 61.4 points per game this season.
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