Basketball Recap: West Central Co-Op [Winchester-Bluffs]'s Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] can now relate to. They fell just short of the Greenfield/Northwestern Tigers by a score of 42-40 on Tuesday. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Tigers this season, with their most recent defeat being a 54-45 loss two weeks ago.

Greenfield/Northwestern was led to victory by Wyatt Stuart and Talon Albrecht. Stuart posted 12 points and seven boards, while Albrecht went 5-for-10 on his way to 17 points. Stuart has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Griffin Rothe, who had four points.

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

03/04/25 vs Greenfield/Northwestern	40-42
02/28/25 vs Calvary	58-57
02/26/25 vs New Berlin	42-28
02/24/25 vs Greenview	68-18
02/18/25 vs Camp Point Central	61-23

With the defeat, West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 27-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points over those games. As for Greenfield/Northwestern, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 23-10.

West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Greenfield/Northwestern, they will square off against Metro-East Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenfield/Northwestern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.6 points per game this season.