Badger and Pymatuning Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Badger Braves will square off against the Pymatuning Valley Lakers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Badger focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 31 on Monday.
Badger is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Maplewood on Monday. Badger came up short against Maplewood, falling 60-39. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Braves have suffered since January 13th.
Defeat or not, Badger got some senior leadership from Sophie Stanhope and Gabriella Miller. Stanhope earned ten points along with seven rebounds, while Miller posted nine points in addition to two steals. The dominant performance also gave Stanhope a new career-high in threes (two).
Meanwhile, Pymatuning Valley suffered their closest loss since January 13th on Monday. They fell just short of Grand Valley by a score of 37-35.
Pymatuning Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Badger, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Everything came up roses for Badger against Pymatuning Valley in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 59-31 win. Will Badger repeat their success, or does Pymatuning Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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