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 on December 14, 2023
North union’s Addison Wedding (14) attempts a layup during a home game against Benjamin Logan this past weekend. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

Lady Cats top Ben. Logan, fall to Urbana

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

 

When things do not go as planned, being able to fight through the adversity and still finish with a victory will always be a plus.

That is what the North Union girls basketball team had to do last Saturday in defeating Central Buckeye Conference rival Benjamin Logan 39-28 on the Lady Cat hardwood.

“It was sloppy for us, but we needed to keep going and figure it out together,” NU Head Coach Bre Jackson said.

The main thing the Lady Cats had to work through was the poorest shooting percentage of the season.

North Union connected on just 24 percent of its field goal attempts and were twoof- 13 from behind the threepoint line. “We had good looks at the basket, but they just didn’…

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