Windham is 0-7 against Bacon Academy since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Windham Whippets will head out on the road to take on the Bacon Academy Bobcats at 2:00 p.m. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in Connecticut (Windham is ranked 23rd, while Bacon Academy is ranked 30th).
Windham can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. They breezed by Parish Hill at home to the tune of 82-18. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Windham has posted yet this season.
Hailey Flores was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 11 steals. She hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aniya Jenkins, who scored 15 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Bacon Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They snuck past Woodstock Academy with a 41-36 victory.
Windham's win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.6 points per game. As for Bacon Academy, their win bumped their record up to 9-5.
Windham took a serious blow against Bacon Academy when the teams last played back in January of 2023, falling 60-32. Thankfully for Windham, Marissa Nudd (who scored 19 points along with seven rebounds and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
