Basketball Recap: Wilton/Wing's Winning Streak Snapped at Four Games

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Wilton/Wing couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell 54-48 to the Westhope/Newburg Sioux on Friday. The game marked the Miners' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Hunter Tolstad was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 22 points and 22 rebounds for Westhope/Newburg. Those 22 boards gave Tolstad a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Walker Braaten, who posted 12 points and three steals.

Miners

Previous 5 Games

03/21/25 vs Westhope/Newburg	48-54
03/20/25 vs New Rockford-Sheyenne	69-53
03/13/25 vs Central McLean [Turtle Lake-Mercer/Underwood/McClusky]	53-36
03/11/25 vs Bowman County co-op [Bowman/Rhame]	66-54
03/10/25 vs Belfield	93-66

Wilton/Wing moved to 26-2 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Westhope/Newburg, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 21 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season.

Wilton/Wing has already played their next game (against Our Redeemer's Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Westhope/Newburg, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 52-33 defeat against Bishop Ryan on the 22nd.