Basketball Recap: Little Wound Takes a Loss

Little Wound was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a blow against the Lakota Tech Tatanka, falling 95-14. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Tatanka are ranked 42nd).

Shania Ferguson continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lakota Tech, almost dropping a double-double with 27 points and nine steals. Ferguson has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Lizzie Robinson, who went 7 for 11 on her way to 17 points and three steals.

Little Wound's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Lakota Tech, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-6.

Coming up, Little Wound will face off against St. Francis Indian at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lakota Tech, they will take on Hill City at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lakota Tech has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 254 points over their last three contests.