It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Pine Knights can now relate to. They fell 55-45 to the Bulldogs on Monday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Pine in their matchups with Berean Christian: they've now lost four in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Pine lost, one person who can't be blamed is Emily Shirk. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. That was a full 53.3% of Pine's points, marking the 13th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aspen Schellenberg, who scored six points along with seven rebounds.
Ashley Hendricks was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 27 points and 15 rebounds for Berean Christian. That makes it three consecutive games in which Hendricks has scored at least a third of Berean Christian's points. Another player making a difference was Yemeli Tavarez, who scored 14 points along with seven rebounds and four steals.
Pine's loss dropped their record down to 19-4. As for Berean Christian, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-4.
Pine does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Berean Christian's road trip will continue as they head out to face Miami Christian at 7:00 p.m. on February 22nd. Hopefully Berean Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Monday.
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