Fairmont Heights lost against Douglass back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Fairmont Heights Hornets were beaten by the Douglass Eagles 72-24. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Eagles are ranked 101st).
Angela Green was Fairmont Heights' leading scorer, having posted ten points. Zaniya Payne held things down on the boards with five rebounds. Aniya Green took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Douglass was led to victory by Naiy'Lah Crutchfield and Khloe Thomas. Crutchfield dropped a triple-double with 17 points, 15 rebounds, and ten steals, while Thomas went 10 of 20 to rack up 22 points and seven steals. Those ten steals gave Crutchfield a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Francesca Svizzero, who posted seven points and seven boards.
Fairmont Heights' loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Douglass, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-6.
Coming up, Fairmont Heights will head out on the road to challenge Oxon Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Douglass has already played their next contest (against Surrattsville), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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