Basketball Recap: Pendleton Heights Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Kaycie Warfel

Points

01/17/25 vs New Palestine	25
01/11/25 @ Frankton	27
01/09/25 vs Alexandria-Monroe	25
01/07/25 vs Lapel	19
01/02/25 @ Jay County	37

Pendleton Heights extended their winning streak to seven games thanks to a huge performance from Kaycie Warfel. The Pendleton Heights Arabians blew past the New Palestine Dragons 75-38 on Friday thanks in part to Warfel, who went 9 of 19 en route to 25 points along with seven boards and four steals. She has been hot for a while, having posted 15 or more points the last 29 times she's played.

Olivia Jones was another key player, dropping a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in blocks (two).

Despite the defeat, New Palestine saw an underclassman step up: freshman Brooklyn Crim posted ten points and five boards. Crim continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Tylar Whitaker, who earned four points.

Pendleton Heights has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.4 points per game. As for New Palestine, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-8 record.

Pendleton Heights wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 76-51 win against Lapel on the 22nd. As for New Palestine, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 46-36 defeat against Roncalli on the 21st.