The Charleroi Cougars lost against the McGuffey Highlanders back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Charleroi ended up on the wrong side of a tough 72-49 walloping at the hands of McGuffey. Charleroi has not had much luck with McGuffey recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Charleroi lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bella Carroto, who scored 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Sypolt, who scored 12 points.
Taylor Schumacher continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for McGuffey, scoring 26 points. Another player making a difference was Madison Gaso, who scored 16 points.
Charleroi has not been sharp recently as the team's lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-12 record this season. As for McGuffey, their win bumped their record up to 14-7.
Charleroi will head out on the road to face off against Monessen at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. McGuffey does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
