It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Gainesville can now relate to. They lost 55-35 to the Manchester Lancers on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Lancers are ranked 11th).
Rayne Wright continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Manchester, dropping a double-double with 15 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Smith, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and 12 boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Gainesville and nudges their season record down to 15-13. As for Manchester, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season.
Gainesville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Manchester, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Robinson at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Robinson sitting on three straight victories and Manchester on eight.
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