Basketball Recap: Wall Piles Up the Points Against Lead-Deadwood

Eagles

Team Score

01/18/25 vs Lead-Deadwood	65
12/19/24 vs Custer	57
12/18/24 vs Lower Brule	51
01/11/25 vs Bennett County	47
01/07/25 vs New Underwood	47

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wall). They breezed by the Lead-Deadwood Golddiggers to the tune of 65-20 on Saturday. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 21 points or more this season.

Wall's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Faith Frink led the charge by putting up 14 points in addition to six boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Frink a new career-high in points. Karmyn Kjerstad was another key player, going 5 for 7 on her way to 14 points and three steals.

Wall smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive boards in four consecutive contests.

Wall is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.6 points per game. As for Lead-Deadwood, they are on a 30-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wall will head out to square off against Kadoka at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Lead-Deadwood, they will head out on the road to challenge St. Thomas More at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.