After flying high against Linn County last Monday, Meadville came back down to earth. The Meadville Eagles were beaten by the North Shelby Raiders 77-50 on Thursday. If the Eagles were looking for revenge after losing 61-47 to them when the teams met, then they'll just have to keep looking.
01/30/25 vs North Shelby | 20 |
01/27/25 vs Linn County | 21 |
01/24/25 @ Northwestern | 16 |
01/21/25 @ Green City | 22 |
01/17/25 vs La Plata | 16 |
01/14/25 vs Bevier | 17 |
When it comes to explaining why Meadville lost, don't look at Mason Dennis. Despite the final result, he went 8 of 20 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven boards and five assists. Dennis is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last six games he's played. Kellyn Dudley also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Meadville's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-9. As for North Shelby, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
Meadville and Grundy County/Newtown-Harris will face off at 8:15 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Meadville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.6 points per game this season. North Shelby has already played their next matchup (against Novinger), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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