If the North Harrison Shamrocks were riding high off their 62-27 takedown of the Tri-County Mustangs last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. North Harrison's tough 72-52 loss to Grundy County/Newtown-Harris on Thursday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, North Harrison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 450th, while Grundy County/Newtown-Harris is ranked 163rd).
Grundy County/Newtown-Harris was led to victory by Corbin Axtell and Zack Cross. Axtell dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds, while Cross shot 5-for-10 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double on 34 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Cross has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Tate McClaran, who scored 11 points along with seven assists and five rebounds.
North Harrison's loss dropped their record down to 13-13. As for Grundy County/Newtown-Harris, the win was the 14th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-3.
North Harrison does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Grundy County/Newtown-Harris also has no future games currently scheduled.
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