Briar Woods and Potomac Falls squared off in some playoff action on Monday, but Briar Woods had to settle for second. They fell 68-56 to the Potomac Falls Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th in Virginia, while the Panthers are ranked 90th in Virginia).
Nick Donatella
| 02/24/25 @ Potomac Falls | 17 |
| 01/24/25 vs Lightridge | 16 |
| 01/17/25 @ Stone Bridge | 16 |
| 12/12/24 @ Loudoun County | 15 |
| 01/21/25 vs Potomac Falls | 13 |
Despite the loss, Briar Woods still got an impressive performance from Nick Donatella, who went 7-for-12 on his way to 17 points. The dominant performance gave Donatella a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Keltz, who went 5-for-8 to rack up 12 points.
Troy Hooper continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Potomac Falls, dropping a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds. The game was Hooper's third in a row with at least 16 points. Another player making a difference was Adit Apte, who went 5-for-9 en route to 12 points and six assists.
Briar Woods' loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-15. As for Potomac Falls, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That somehow still isn't as good as their 19-6 record this season.
Briar Woods does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Potomac Falls, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 43-40 defeat against Riverbend on the 26th.
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