After flying high against the Purchase Line Red Dragons two weeks ago, the Homer-Center Wildcats came back down to earth. Homer-Center fell 52-42 to Punxsutawney on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Homer-Center can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 310th, while Punxsutawney is ranked 69th).
When it comes to explaining why Homer-Center lost, one person who can't be blamed is Alaina Fabin. Despite the final result, she scored 26 points. That was a full 61.9% of Homer-Center's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rebekah Marshall, who scored six points.
Homer-Center's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 9-12. As for Punxsutawney, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season.
Homer-Center didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 55-37 victory vs. Juniata Valley on the 15th. Punxsutawney has also already played their next match, a 63-25 victory against Bradford on the 16th.
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