St. Johns Country Day has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They lost 59-34 to the Hilliard Red Flashes on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 297th, while the Red Flashes are ranked 137th).
Despite the defeat, St. Johns Country Day saw an underclassman step up: freshman Kendall Proffitt almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine boards. That was a full 67.6% of St. Johns Country Day's points, marking the 18th time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Hilliard was led to victory by Molly Dean and Alyssa Hallman. Dean almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine steals, while Hallman went 8 for 15 on her way to 19 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Dean has been hot, having posted three or more steals the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Justice Alderman, who scored eight points.
St. Johns Country Day's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Hilliard, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 13-5.
St. Johns Country Day has already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Duval Charter on the 21st. As for Hilliard, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Providence School at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hilliard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.4 points per game this season.
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