The Timber Lake Panthers and the Harding County Ranchers squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but sadly the Timber Lake Panthers had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a rough 62-26 loss at the hands of the Ranchers. While losing is never fun, Timber Lake can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while Harding County is ranked 20th).
Bailey Verhulst continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Harding County, dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten steals. Verhulst has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaelyn Wendt, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and seven steals.
Timber Lake's defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Harding County, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 21-0.
Timber Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Harding County, they will square off against Northwestern Area at TBD on Thursday. Harding County has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 417 points over their last six contests.
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