It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Atholton Raiders can now relate to. They fell to the Hawks 69-65. While losing is never fun, Atholton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while River Hill is ranked 29th).
Atholton lost on Thursday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Deion Dent, who scored 21 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Camden Thibeault, who scored 13 points along with seven assists and three steals.
Speaking of assists, Atholton were working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as River Hill only racked up four assists.
Braden Sauritch was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 28 points and 13 rebounds for River Hill. Sauritch is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Igwebe, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds and two blocks.
Atholton are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-9. As for River Hill, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-3.
Atholton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for River Hill, they will head out on the road to challenge Long Reach at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Long Reach is coming into the contest with nine straight wins at home, so River Hill will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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