South Ripley lost against North Decatur back in February, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The South Ripley Raiders lost to the North Decatur Chargers on the road by a 53-38 margin. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Chargers are ranked 66th).
Madi Allen continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for North Decatur, going 10 of 16 on her way to 24 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Allen has scored at least a third of North Decatur's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Clare Kinker, who posted seven points and three steals.
South Ripley dropped their record down to 4-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for North Decatur, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.
South Ripley didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 49-31 win against Rising Sun on the 6th. As for North Decatur, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 53-50 loss against Oldenburg Academy on the 5th.
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