After having lost a blowout in their previous game against West Clermont, the Walnut Hills Eagles were happy to have found some success on Thursday. They came out on top against Fairfield by a score of 58-49. Given Walnut Hills' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Fairfield is ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the loss, Fairfield still got an impressive performance from Myka Richardson, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds and two steals. Kayla McCoy was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Fairfield struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only two offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Walnut Hills is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Fairfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-14.
Walnut Hills will head out on the road to square off against Milford at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Milford focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Thursday. Fairfield does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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