After a string of three wins, the Pendleton Heights Arabians's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 74-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Central. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their last game last Thursday (63), Pendleton Heights still had to take the loss.
Several Arabians players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kaycie Warfel, who scored 27 points along with five rebounds and three steals. That was a full 38.6% of Pendleton Heights' points, marking the seventh time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Jones, who scored 16 points along with five assists and two steals.
North Central can attribute much of their success to Gabrielle Burrus, who scored 25 points along with five assists and four steals. Burrus' trending in the right direction, as she's improved his point production for three games straight. Another player making a difference was Kaiden Kreinhagen, who scored 20 points along with two steals.
Pendleton Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 14-8. As for North Central, their victory bumped their record up to 7-15.
Pendleton Heights will be playing in front of their home fans against Noblesville at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Noblesville has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 439 points over their last seven games. As for North Central, they will head out on the road to take on Warren Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Warren Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 last Saturday.
