West Middlesex was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 65-42 to the Eisenhower Knights. While losing is never fun, the Big Reds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 520th, while the Knights are ranked 256th).
It was another big night for Clara Steinberg, who dropped a triple-double on 29 points, ten rebounds, and 13 steals for Eisenhower. That makes it 13 consecutive games in which Steinberg has scored at least a third of Eisenhower's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lainey Font, who went 8 of 15 on her way to 22 points in addition to five assists and three steals.
West Middlesex's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Eisenhower, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
West Middlesex has already played their next game (against Mercer), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Eisenhower will take on Girard at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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