The Washington Tigers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. In a tight  contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a  35-34 win over Hilliard Davidson.
 Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Washington to victory, but perhaps none more so than   Hannah Nicola, who  scored seven points along with five  rebounds and five  steals. Nicola has been hot recently, having posted two or more  steals the last three times she's  played.  Makiya Edwards was another key contributor,  dropping  a double-double on 13 points and ten  rebounds.
 Despite the  loss, Hilliard Davidson saw an underclassman step up:  Anna Wile  scored ten points. The  matchup was  Wile's third in a row with at least ten points.
 Washington has  been performing  incredibly well recently as they've  won six of their last seven matchups,  which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Hilliard Davidson, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
 Washington will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Cardinal Mooney at 1:00  p.m.  on Friday. Cardinal Mooney will have to bring their A-game into this one,  as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while Washington is ranked 162nd). Hilliard Davidson won't have much time to rest: their next  game is against Boardman at 11:00  a.m.  on December 29, 2023.