The Evansville North Huskies's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Thursday after their fifth straight loss. They took a 60-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Evansville Memorial. While losing is never fun, Evansville North can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 90th, while Evansville Memorial is ranked 24th).
Evansville North lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Maddy Knies, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Libby Blythe was another key contributor, scoring 16 points.
Evansville Memorial found their leader in underclassman Rylee Canaan, who scored 25 points along with seven rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Canaan has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Myla Browning, who scored 11 points along with six assists.
Evansville North's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Evansville Memorial, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 18-3.
Evansville North will be playing at home against Gibson Southern at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gibson Southern has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,413 points over their last 21 contests. As for Evansville Memorial, they will head out on the road to face off against North Harrison at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully North Harrison focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 last Tuesday.
