Lady Bucks fall at #1 Meadowbrook Christian 41-27

MILTON, PA- The Bucktail Lady Bucks hit the road on Monday night to meet District IV’s 1A top ranked team and despite a very solid effort would come away with a 41-27 loss.

The win secured the Lady Lions (12-1) a district playoff berth. Despite the loss, Bucktail at 6-8 were still very much in the hunt and currently sit in sixth place in 1A.

Bucktail trailed 12-5 after one quarter and down by just 9 at the break at 22-13.

The Lady Bucks continued to fight in the third quarter and an 8-8 third quarter still had the visitors down by just 9 against number one Meadowbrook Christian. The Lady Lions used an 11-6 fourth quarter to close out the game and set the final.

Lily Francis led Bucktail with 9 points and a team-high 6 rebounds. Kayla Probert added 7 points and Kendall Wagner finished with 5 points. Alexis Lowery added 4 points and Matti Mason netted 2 to round out the scoring for Bucktail.

Meadowbrook’s Devlin led all scorers with 28 points, including 15 of those points being scored in the first half of play.

Bucktail will next be in action on Saturday as they will be in action against playoff bound Northwest (12-4) in Farwell. The contest with the Lady Rangers is set for 4:30 p.m. following the Bucktail varsity boys vs. Northwest contest. Both games are set to be livestreamed on The Record Online.