Pine Island was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 73-41 loss at the hands of the Stewartville Tigers. The Panthers lost against the Tigers in their previous head to head back in January, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 81-23 score last time.
It was another big night for Audrey Shindelar, who went 9 for 16 on her way to 24 points and six steals for Stewartville. Shindelar has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayci Rath, who went 5 of 8 on her way to 12 points in addition to seven assists and seven boards.
Pine Island's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Stewartville, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-3.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Pine Island Panthers challenge the Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Pine Island is facing Zumbrota-Mazeppa at the right time seeing as Zumbrota-Mazeppa is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Stewartville, they will venture away from home to take on Goodhue at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Goodhue's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
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