The Wallkill Panthers stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They really took it to Saugerties for the full four quarters, racking up a 67-31 victory on the road. The victory was familiar territory for Wallkill who now have ten in a row.
Wallkill got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Zoe Mesuch out in front who scored 24 points along with three steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which Mesuch has scored at least a third of Wallkill's points. Another player making a difference was Alex Dembinsky, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
Saugerties lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Nicolette Rifenburgh, who scored ten points. Emily Schlosser was another key contributor, scoring no points along with nine rebounds and four steals.
Wallkill is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Saugerties, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7.
Wallkill will take on Our Lady of Lourdes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Wallkill is on a four-game streak of home wins, Our Lady of Lourdes a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Saugerties, they will head out on the road to square off against Roosevelt at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Saugerties focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Friday.
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