St. Joseph Central lost against Symmes Valley back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The St. Joseph Central Flyers received a blow as they fell 71-53 to the Symmes Valley Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Flyers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 569th, while the Vikings are ranked 268th).
Leading Symmes Valley to victory were Ethan Smith and Bronx Carpenter. Smith almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine boards, while Carpenter shot 6-for-7 from beyond the arc and almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Smith has scored at least a third of Symmes Valley's points. Willie Jones was another key player, putting up four points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for St. Joseph Central and nudges their season record down to 9-7. As for Symmes Valley, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-5.
St. Joseph Central will be playing in front of their home fans against Ross County Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ross County Christian Academy will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something St. Joseph Central surely won't give up without a fight. As for Symmes Valley, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Northwest at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Symmes Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 65.6 points per game this season.
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