A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Whitko Wildcats face off against the Northwestern Tigers at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday... Whitko knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Northwestern likes a good challenge.
Whitko is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Heritage, posting an 84-20 victory. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Wildcats with their most commanding win of the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Whitko to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jayma Stonebraker, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. Stonebraker is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Adriyanna Phillips, who went 9 for 19 en route to 22 points plus three steals.
Whitko was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Northwestern was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 47-46 to Carroll. The Tigers have struggled against the Cougars recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Whitko has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points per game. As for Northwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
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