It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Derby can now relate to. They received a tough blow on Saturday as they fell 72-56 to the Blue Valley North Mustangs. While losing is never fun, Derby can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Blue Valley North is ranked fourth).
Despite the defeat, Derby saw an underclassman step up: Macayla Askew almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Destiny Smith, who scored eight points along with two steals.
Derby's loss dropped their record down to 20-5. As for Blue Valley North, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Derby does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Blue Valley North also has no future games currently scheduled.
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