The Highland Fighting Scots suffered their biggest loss since December 8, 2023 on Monday. They suffered a rough 54-28 loss at the hands of Centerburg. While losing is never fun, Highland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 458th, while Centerburg is ranked 172nd).
Addie Mullins and Sierra Fitzpatrick certainly did their best on Monday to try and avoid the loss. Mullins scored seven points, while Fitzpatrick scored five points.
Highland's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 5-9. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 26.0 points per game. As for Centerburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Highland will take on Galion at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. As for Centerburg, they will head out on the road to square off against Cardington-Lincoln at 6:45 p.m. on Friday.
