Maize lost against Northwest back in March of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Maize Eagles took a hard 85-69 fall against the Northwest Grizzlies. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (64), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Maize lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Charles Sharp, who went 5 of 9 en route to 12 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was Alec Grill, who went 7 for 16 on his way to 18 points and three steals.
Northwest's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dj Brown led the charge by going 11 of 15 en route to 25 points. Brown's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of River Peters, who went 9 for 11 on his way to 20 points and five assists.
Maize's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Northwest, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-3.
Maize will be playing at home against Andover Central at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Maize knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Andover Central likes a good challenge. As for Northwest, it'll be Northside v. Southside when they and South meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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