Wilsonville and La Salle are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but not for long. The Wilsonville Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the La Salle Falcons at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Wilsonville is coming into the match hot, having won their last 12 games.
Wilsonville put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Hillsboro, posting a 69-25 victory at home. Given Wilsonville's advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while Hillsboro is ranked 165th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gabi Moultrie was her usual excellent self, scoring 24 points along with seven assists and six rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Payton Ratcliffe, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, La Salle had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They strolled past Hillsboro with points to spare, taking the game 60-46.
Wilsonville pushed their record up to 18-5 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home. As for La Salle, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Wilsonville didn't have too much breathing room in their match against La Salle in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 44-39 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wilsonville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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