Basketball Game Recap: Caliche Buffaloes vs. Wiggins Tigers

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2024, 1:31pm

Recap: Caliche Buffaloes vs. Wiggins Tigers

The Caliche Buffaloes lost against the Wiggins Tigers back in February of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. Caliche fell 53-44 to Wiggins. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Caliche in their matchups with Wiggins: they've now lost four in a row.

Caliche lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Chance Mitchell, who scored 12 points along with two steals. Another player making a difference was Ayden Ring, who scored 13 points along with three steals.

Caliche struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

Leading Wiggins to victory were Jackson Adams and Trey Huwa. Adams scored 15 points along with three steals, while Huwa scored 20 points along with five rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Huwa has scored all season.

Caliche's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Wiggins, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season.

Caliche will be playing at home against Prairie at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Caliche focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Saturday. As for Wiggins, they will head out on the road to face off against Akron at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Wiggins focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Saturday.

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