After flying high against South Bend Adams last Saturday, Elkhart came back down to earth. The Elkhart Lions took a 45-35 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Penn Kingsmen on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Kingsmen are ranked 31st).
Penn found their leader in freshman Addison Hummel, who went 6 for 8 on her way to 18 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Hummel has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Sachire, who posted ten points.
Lions
| 01/09/25 @ Penn | 35-45 |
| 01/04/25 vs South Bend Riley | 68-39 |
| 01/04/25 vs South Bend Adams | 67-39 |
| 12/21/24 vs West Noble | 47-22 |
| 12/17/24 vs Goshen | 52-24 |
Elkhart moved to 10-7 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Penn, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-5.
Elkhart will welcome Homestead at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Penn, they will head out to face off against Northridge at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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