The Bellefontaine Chieftains waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins but they left with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Meadowdale 42-40. This was payback for Bellefontaine, who suffered a 74-51 loss the last time these two teams met.
Bellefontaine got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Alexza Clifton out in front who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Robinson, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why Meadowdale lost, one person who can't be blamed is Zhieyah Rolack. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 25 points and 16 rebounds. Rolack is crushing the point category: she's posted at least 16 every time she's taken the court this season.
Bellefontaine's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-11. As for Meadowdale, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 19-3.
Bellefontaine will take on Thurgood Marshall at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Bellefontaine focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Tuesday. Meadowdale does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
