Aurora suffered their biggest defeat since March 1st on Friday. They came up short against the Norwood Pirates, falling 59-35. While losing is never fun, the Houn Dawgs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Pirates are ranked 25th).
Norwood found their leader in sophomore Kalie Chadwell, who went 10-for-16 to rack up 27 points and four steals. With that strong performance, Chadwell is now averaging an impressive 16.1 points per game. Another player making a difference was Gentry Davault, who posted six points in addition to ten rebounds and five assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Aurora and nudges their season record down to 4-3. As for Norwood, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Coming up, Aurora will be taking part in a tournament against Lebanon at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. As for Norwood, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 62-57 loss against Marshfield on the 27th.
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