It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Trinity Wolves can now relate to. They fell 53-45 to the Gryphons on Saturday. Trinity's defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Despite the defeat, Trinity saw an underclassman step up: Claire Cox dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. Braelynn Nugent was another key contributor, scoring eight points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Maile Bateman was her usual excellent self, scoring 20 points along with eight steals and seven rebounds for Crystal Springs Uplands. Bateman hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jemma Lacap, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Trinity's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-12. As for Crystal Springs Uplands, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-12 record this season.
Trinity does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Crystal Springs Uplands, they will be playing at home against Oakland at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crystal Springs Uplands is coming into the matchup with four straight wins at home, so Oakland will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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