The Winter Park Wildcats posted their biggest victory since December 18, 2023 on Thursday. They put the hurt on Melbourne with a sharp 47-23 victory. With Winter Park ahead 23-3 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Winter Park's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sam Childs led the charge by scoring 11 points along with two steals. Childs has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. Danychka Badio was another key contributor, scoring six points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Despite the loss, Melbourne still got an impressive performance from Addyson Turba, who scored six points along with five rebounds.
Winter Park's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-5. As for Melbourne, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.
Winter Park won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Windermere at 7:30 p.m. on January 26th. Windermere will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 385th, while Winter Park is ranked 164th). As for Melbourne, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Edgewood at 7:00 p.m. on January 26th. Hopefully Edgewood focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Thursday.
