The Valley Forge Patriots's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Monday after their eighth straight loss. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 53-27 walloping at the hands of Wellington. While losing is never fun, Valley Forge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 734th, while Wellington is ranked 314th).
Despite the loss, Valley Forge still got an impressive performance from Cloe Rzeczycki, who scored eight points along with six rebounds and three steals. Rzeczycki hasn't dropped below three blocks for three straight games.
It was another big night for Brooke Lehmkuhl, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds for Wellington. Lehmkuhl hasn't dropped below 15 points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Morris, who scored ten points along with five steals.
Valley Forge's loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-20. As for Wellington, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-6.
Valley Forge will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Archbishop Hoban at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Wellington, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Keystone at 7:00 p.m. Keystone will roll in looking for their 22nd straight victory, something Wellington surely won't give up without a fight.
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