It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Yorktown can now relate to. They took a 61-44 bruising from the Delta Eagles on Saturday. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Eagles this season, with their most recent defeat being a 53-50 loss back in January.
Yorktown's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Lilly Sylvester, who almost dropped a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds, and Olivia Conklin, who went 6-for-14 to rack up 16 points. That was a full 36.4% of Yorktown's points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Jillian Barr continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Delta, going 13-for-19 en route to 31 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Barr a new career-high in points. Olivia Marshall was another key player, putting up nine points.
Yorktown's defeat dropped their record down to 17-7. As for Delta, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Yorktown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Delta, they will square off against Maconaquah at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Delta's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three games.
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