Greenfield-Central fought the good fight in their overtime match against Mt. Vernon on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 44-37 to the Mt. Vernon Marauders. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Marauders recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Greenfield-Central lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Chaney Brown, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 boards. Brown has become a key player for Greenfield-Central: the team is 13-3 when she posts at least eight rebounds, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Sonsini, who posted 13 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mt. Vernon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gabby Thomas, who earned 15 points and five boards. Zoey Wood was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds.
Greenfield-Central's defeat dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Mt. Vernon, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 15-6.
A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Greenfield-Central Cougars challenge the Yorktown Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenfield-Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.6 points per game this season. Mt. Vernon has already played their next game (against New Castle), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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