Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Winamac

Warriors

Previous 5 Games

01/29/26 @ Twin Lakes	59-39
01/28/26 vs Pioneer	55-51
01/22/26 vs North Judson-San Pierre	54-36
01/17/26 vs Oregon-Davis	77-41
01/13/26 @ Triton	51-37

Winamac extended their winning streak to five on Thursday, bumping them up to 17-6. They put the hurt on the Twin Lakes Indians with a sharp 59-39 win. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Indians are ranked 343rd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Winamac got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kandace Kroft out in front who shot 44% from the field to rack up 30 points and six assists. That makes it three consecutive games in which Kroft has scored at least a third of the Warriors' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sadie Popejoy, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards.

They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Winamac was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Twin Lakes only posted five.

As for Twin Lakes, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-18. Indians fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against Winamac since Thursday.

Twin Lakes' defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Taylor Oliver, who posted 22 points and four steals, and Lauren Graham, who put up six points and ten rebounds. Graham is becoming a predictor of the Indians' success: when she posts at least ten boards the team is 2-1 (and 2-17 when she doesn't). Another player making a difference was Crickette Draghici, who had seven points and seven rebounds.

Winamac didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 77-25 win against South Bend Career Academy on the 3rd. As for Twin Lakes, they have also already played their next matchup, a 57-18 loss against Western on the 3rd.