Ellis lost against Norton back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Ellis Railroaders took a 35-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Norton Bluejays. The game marked the Railroaders' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the loss, Ellis still got an impressive performance from Jaren Frickey, who posted 12 points.
Rylen Murray was the offensive standout of the match as he went 5 for 11 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Dominic Vahling, who scored nine points.
Ellis' loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Norton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Ellis has already played their next game (against Russell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Norton Bluejays challenge the Colby Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Norton is on a three-game streak of home wins, Colby a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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