Basketball Recap: Arkansas City Piles Up the Points Against Winfield

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/30/25 @ Winfield	62
12/10/24 vs South	56
01/03/25 vs Clearwater	55
12/06/24 @ Winfield	54
01/14/25 vs Salina Central	53

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arkansas City). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat the Winfield Vikings 62-31. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 36-11.

Leading Arkansas City to victory were Saliyah Henderson-Johnson and Savannah Phillips. Henderson-Johnson almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine steals, while Phillips went 6 of 12 en route to 20 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Phillips is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last six games she's played. Kierslynn Waggoner was another key player, going 6 for 13 on her way to 14 points.

Arkansas City was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Arkansas City pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Winfield, they are on a 14-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-9.

Arkansas City has already played their next game, a 65-32 win against Collegiate on the 31st. As for Winfield, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 0-0 tie against Rose Hill on the 31st.