It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the River Valley Panthers can now relate to. They fell to the Bulldogs 55-50. While losing is never fun, River Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Shady Side Academy is ranked 33rd).
When it comes to explaining why River Valley lost on Friday, one person who can't be blamed is Ava Persichetti. Despite the final result, she scored 27 points along with five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Emilee Staats, who scored eight points along with nine rebounds.
River Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 20-8. As for Shady Side Academy, the win was the 19th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-2.
River Valley does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Shady Side Academy will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Northwestern on March 12th. Hopefully Northwestern focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.
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