The Fultondale Wildcats will challenge the Wenonah Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fultondale is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Tarrant 71-20. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Wenonah had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.8 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 last Monday. They strolled past the Rams with points to spare, taking the game 52-36. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Rams are ranked 138th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fultondale better focus on containing Samarian Franklin and Aariyanah Parker as the pair were huge in Wenonah's win. Franklin went 9 of 17 on her way to 20 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds, while Parker dropped a double-double on 16 points and 16 boards. The game was Franklin's 13th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dahja Tinsley, who posted six points in addition to five boards and four steals.
Wenonah smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 25 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 12 consecutive contests.
Fultondale's win bumped their record up to 9-13. As for Wenonah, they are also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season.
Fultondale was taken down by Wenonah 63-28 in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Fultondale was down 42-15.
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