After flying high against Montgomery Central last Thursday, Harpeth came back down to earth. The Harpeth Indians were dealt a 70-32 defeat at the hands of the McEwen Warriors on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Warriors are ranked 107th).
McEwen found their leader in sophomore Laila Downs, who dropped a double-double on 39 points and 20 boards. Downs' evening made it 18 games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Shana Bohanon was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and 12 rebounds.
Harpeth has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-11 record this season. As for McEwen, they pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Harpeth has already played their next game (against Fairview), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. McEwen will head out to challenge Houston County at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. McEwen knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Houston County likes a good challenge.
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