Finneytown lost against Madeira back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Finneytown Wildcats fell just short of the Madeira MUSTANGS/AMAZONS by a score of 48-46. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 550th, while the MUSTANGS/AMAZONS are ranked 267th).
Madeira's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Aidan Hopewell, who went 5-for-12 en route to 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Reed, who went 5-for-12 to rack up 11 points in addition to five assists and three steals.
Finneytown's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Madeira, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Coming up, Finneytown will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Oyler at 7:00 p.m. Oyler knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 18 matchups -- so hopefully Finneytown likes a good challenge. As for Madeira, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 59-47 victory against Shroder Paideia Academy on the 12th.
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