Boiling Springs has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell 65-56 to the Trinity Shamrocks on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bubblers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while the Shamrocks are ranked 75th).
Despite the loss, Boiling Springs still got an impressive performance from Brandon Ascione, who posted 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Lucido, who had 11 points.
Owen Schlager continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Trinity, going 12 of 21 on his way to 27 points along with seven boards and four steals. Schlager's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Marcus Yeager was another key player, going 6 for 10 on his way to 13 points in addition to five boards and three steals.
Boiling Springs' defeat dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Trinity, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-2.
Boiling Springs wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 57-41 win against Greencastle-Antrim on the 4th. As for Trinity, they will square off against Steelton-Highspire at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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