If Greenwood was feeling good fresh off their 68-36 takedown of Southwest last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Greenwood Blue Jays were just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 68-67 to the Norwood Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Blue Jays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Pirates are ranked eighth).
Peyton McDaris was his usual excellent self, going 5 of 9 on his way to 17 points and six rebounds for Norwood. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Drake, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.
Greenwood's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-1. As for Norwood, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 6-0.
Greenwood wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, an 84-53 win against New Covenant Academy on the 10th. As for Norwood, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 92-43 victory against Conway on the 10th.
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