Middle Creek lost against Panther Creek last Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Middle Creek Mustangs fell 46-33 to the Panther Creek Catamounts. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Catamounts are ranked 144th).
Loss or not, Middle Creek got some senior leadership from Alysia Pergerson and Sarah Grace Furst. Pergerson posted 12 points, while Furst had 11 points. That was a full 36.4% of Middle Creek's points, marking the fourth time in a row Pergerson has scored more than a third of the team's points.
Panther Creek's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lilah Penigar, who dropped a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Those 13 boards gave Penigar a new career-high. Wynne Kinahan was another key player, putting up 12 points and three steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Middle Creek and nudges their season record down to 6-16. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 16-7 Green Level (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 66.6% over those games). As for Panther Creek, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Middle Creek didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 65-43 defeat against Green Level on the 17th. As for Panther Creek, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 56-44 win against Cary on the 17th.
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