The Rochester Rockets lost against the Mt. Zion Braves back in December of 2019, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. Rochester took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mt. Zion. While losing is never fun, Rochester can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while Mt. Zion is ranked 14th).
Despite the loss, Rochester still got an impressive performance from Henry Buecker, who scored 19 points along with seven assists and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kai Bruce, who scored 13 points.
Rochester's loss dropped their record down to 16-18. As for Mt. Zion, the win was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 33-1.
Rochester does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Mt. Zion will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against MacArthur at 7:00 p.m. on March 1st. One thing working in Mt. Zion's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 25 matches.
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