Mt. Vernon was the 49-42 winner over Southridge when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Mt. Vernon Wildcats fell 51-42 to the Southridge Raiders on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Raiders are ranked 36th).
Despite the loss, Mt. Vernon still got an impressive performance from Nash Hostetter, who went 9 of 15 on his way to 25 points. Another player making a difference was Meyer Robb, who posted nine points.
This is the second loss in a row for Mt. Vernon and nudges their season record down to 5-6. As for Southridge, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Mt. Vernon will take on Harrisburg in a tournament on Monday. Harrisburg has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Southridge, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 31-28 loss against Princeton on the 18th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
