Recap: West Wolfpack vs. Lathrop Spartans
The West Wolfpack lost against the Lathrop Spartans back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. West took a serious blow against Lathrop, falling 54-27. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for West in their matchups with Lathrop: they've now lost four in a row.
When it comes to explaining why West lost, one person who can't be blamed is Athena Pastran. Despite the final result, she scored 11 points. Pastran scored a full 40.7% of West's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Janessa Hallman, who scored 5 points.
Lathrop was led to victory by Shakara Porter and Tatianna Lowery. Porter scored 8 points along with 11 rebounds and 3 steals, while Lowery scored 21 points. Porter is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Sierra Adams, who scored 5 points.
West now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Lathrop, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
West will head out on the road to face off against Golden Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Golden Valley is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'. Lathrop is on the road again on Thursday and play against Linden at 7:00 p.m. on December 7th.
