After flying high against North East last Monday, Mercyhurst Prep came back down to earth. The Mercyhurst Prep Lakers took a 54-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Northwestern Wildcats on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Lakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Wildcats are ranked 63rd).
Makayla Presser-Palmer was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 35 points and 14 rebounds for Northwestern. That makes it 22 consecutive games in which Presser-Palmer has scored at least a third of Northwestern's points. Another player making a difference was Lana Keith, who posted ten points.
Mercyhurst Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Northwestern, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 22-0.
Looking ahead, Mercyhurst Prep will head out on the road to face off against Warren at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Northwestern does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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