Mary Walker lost against Republic back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Mary Walker Chargers fell just short of the Republic Tigers by a score of 66-63. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Chargers have suffered since January 13th.
| 12/07/24 vs Republic | 26 |
| 12/03/24 vs Columbia | 22 |
| 12/16/23 @ Valley Christian | 20 |
| 01/31/24 vs Columbia | 15 |
| 01/13/24 vs Inchelium | 12 |
Despite the loss, Mary Walker still got an impressive performance from Andru Pinyan, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Pinyan a new career-high in points. Lewis Adolph IV was another key player, putting up eight points along with nine assists and eight boards.
Republic found their leader in freshman Landon Short, who dropped a double-double on 37 points and 15 boards. Short's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lincoln Short, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 boards.
Mary Walker now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Republic, the win was the fourth in a row (dating back to last season) for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Mary Walker didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 81-68 victory against Selkirk on the 10th. As for Republic, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 66-27 win against Oroville on the 10th.
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