The Wesleyan Wolves will head out to take on the Whitefield Academy WolfPack at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Wesleyan is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
On Thursday, Wesleyan earned a 44-33 win over Fellowship Christian.
Meanwhile, Whitefield Academy played a tough match on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were beaten by St. Francis 84-47. While losing is never fun, the WolfPack can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Knights are ranked seventh).
Despite the loss, Whitefield Academy saw an underclassman step up: freshman Hailey Houlder went 7 for 16 en route to 18 points along with five assists and five boards. Houlder's evening made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Emahni Chambliss was another key player, putting up 19 points.
Wesleyan is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.7 points per game. As for Whitefield Academy, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 15-10.
Wesleyan and Whitefield Academy were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, but Wesleyan came up empty-handed after a 67-66 loss. Can Wesleyan avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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