After flying high against Charleston last Tuesday, Mt. Zion came back down to earth. The Mt. Zion Braves took a 59-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 62nd).
Mt. Zion's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Maddie Austin, who scored 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Anderson, who posted 13 points.
Mt. Zion now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Mahomet-Seymour, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
Mt. Zion won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Pana at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mahomet-Seymour has already played their next contest (against Mt. Zion), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
