Ironton fought the good fight in their overtime game against Chesapeake on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took an 83-76 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chesapeake Panthers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (67), the Fighting Tigers still had to take the loss.

Braden Schreck
02/10/25 vs Chesapeake | 34 |
02/08/25 vs Wheelersburg | 18 |
02/07/25 @ Dawson-Bryant | 26 |
02/04/25 @ Chesapeake | 21 |
02/01/25 @ Wayne | 26 |
When it comes to explaining why Ironton lost, don't look at Braden Schreck. Despite the final result, he went 10-for-20 to rack up 34 points and six rebounds. Schreck's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. Another player making a difference was Markel Cotton, who went 5-for-6 en route to 13 points.
Ironton's defeat dropped their record down to 12-7. As for Chesapeake, their record is now 19-2.
Coming up, Ironton will be playing in front of their home fans against Expression Prep Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ironton knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully Expression Prep Academy likes a good challenge. Chesapeake has already played their next contest (against Fairland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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