It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pine Hill can now relate to. They came up short against the Melrose Buffaloes on Friday, falling 53-31. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 35th).
Nevaeh Natan
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Nevaeh Natan and Kirra Smith certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Natan went 6-for-14 on her way to 17 points, while Smith posted eight points. Natan has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times she's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Pine Hill and nudges their season record down to 17-11. As for Melrose, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 25-3.
Pine Hill does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Melrose, they will face off against Cliff at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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