The Paint Valley Bearcats's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Monday after their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a rough 61-29 loss at the hands of South Webster. Paint Valley was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-12.
Despite the defeat, Paint Valley saw an underclassman step up: Karris Dye scored seven points along with seven rebounds. Dye hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games.
South Webster's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Skylar Zimmerman, who scored 26 points along with five assists and five steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Zimmerman has scored at least 25% of South Webster's points. Another player making a difference was Isabella Claxon, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Paint Valley bumped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for South Webster, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Paint Valley will challenge Hillsboro at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Hillsboro focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Saturday. As for South Webster, they will head out on the road to face off against Green at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Green will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 495th, while South Webster is ranked 230th).
