It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Northern Valley Huskies can now relate to. They lost to the Wildcats on the road by a decisive 62-46 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Northern Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while Wallace County is ranked 45th).
Northern Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Audrey Bina, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 17 rebounds. Bina hasn't dropped below two blocks for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Delaney Sides, who scored 14 points along with eight rebounds.
Wallace County found their leader in underclassman Jersi Benisch, who scored 19 points along with six assists. Jyma Stafford was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with two steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Northern Valley and nudges their season record down to 13-13. As for Wallace County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season.
Northern Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Wallace County also has no future games currently scheduled.
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