After flying high against Valley Christian last Tuesday, McDonald came back down to earth. The McDonald Blue Devils fell 63-54 to the Mineral Ridge Rams on Friday. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Several Blue Devils players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Juliana Krumpack, who posted 14 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Callow, who scored 16 points in addition to seven rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mineral Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lily Merolillo, who went 7 for 15 en route to 19 points plus eight rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Merolillo a new career-high in threes (five). Gianna Gilbert was another key player, posting 14 points plus five steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, McDonald fell to 2-1. As for Mineral Ridge, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-1.
McDonald wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 65-53 win against Badger on the 7th. Mineral Ridge has also already played their next match (against McDonald), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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