Gibson Southern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 60-45 bruising from the Fishers Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Tigers are ranked 27th).
Several Titans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Gabby Spink, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. Gibson Southern is 4-2 when Spink posts ten or more rebounds, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Schnaus, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Fishers found their leader in freshman Riley Schellhammer, who went 8 of 15 on her way to 24 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals. Another player making a difference was Allison Scheu, who posted nine points in addition to eight boards and five assists.
Gibson Southern's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Fishers, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Gibson Southern will face off against Evansville Memorial at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Gibson Southern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53 points per game this season. As for Fishers, they will square off against Noblesville at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Noblesville also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 57 points per game.
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