It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Range can now relate to. They were dealt a 64-23 defeat at the hands of the Norwayne Bobcats on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Bobcats are ranked 95th).

Gwen Lowry
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When it comes to explaining why South Range lost, don't look at Gwen Lowry. Despite the final result, she posted six points. Lowry has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last four times she's played.
Leading Norwayne to victory were Hannah Froelich and Ava Maibach. Froelich dropped a double-double with 21 points and 12 boards, while Maibach almost dropped a double-double with 14 points and nine assists. The dominant performance also gave Froelich a new career-high in shooting accuracy (90%). Grace Wolf was another key player, putting up nine points.
South Range now has a losing record of 12-13. As for Norwayne, the win (which was their 16th in a row) raised their record to 22-3.
South Range does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Norwayne, they will square off against Chippewa at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Norwayne's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games.
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