On Thursday, Wheatland faced Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Wheatland Bulldogs were outmatched by the Douglas Bearcats and fell 64-32. The contest marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Wheatland lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Lily Anderson, who posted 14 points. That was a full 43.8% of Wheatland's points, marking the eighth time in a row Anderson has scored more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Molly Mcguire, who put up six points and five rebounds.
Lauren Olsen continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Douglas, going 10-for-24 en route to 23 points along with five boards and four steals. Olsen's big performance that evening made it 39 games in a row in which she has scored at least 15 points. Bailey Wright was another key player, shooting 50% from the field to rack up 12 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals.
Wheatland's loss dropped their record down to 16-7. As for Douglas, the win (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 21-1.
Wheatland has already played their next matchup, a 51-24 victory against Burns on the 28th. Douglas does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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