Blue Valley and Troy squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Blue Valley had to settle for second. They fell 59-50 to the Troy Trojans. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Trojans are ranked 42nd).
Harper Whetstine continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Troy, going 11-for-23 on her way to 43 points in addition to eight rebounds and eight steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Whetstine has scored at least a third of Troy's points. Another player making a difference was Emerson Weber, who posted six points.
Blue Valley dropped their record down to 9-13 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Troy, the win was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-1.
Blue Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Troy, they will square off against Rock Hills at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Troy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Rock Hills likes a good challenge.
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