The Meade Buffaloes entered their tilt with the Ashland Blue Jays with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Meade strolled past Ashland with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 51-33. Given Meade's advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Ashland is ranked 216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meade was led to victory by Sayler Stapleton and Carlie Martin. Stapleton scored 19 points along with four steals, while Martin scored ten points along with five steals. Stapleton has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times she's played. Dallas Sherman was another key contributor, scoring four points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Ashland's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jaya Milburn, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds and two steals, and Biannca Ceniceros who scored ten points along with six rebounds and four steals. Ceniceros has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played.
Ashland struggled to work together and finished the game with only an assist. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.
Meade has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Ashland, they have not been sharp recently, as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-8 record this season.
Meade will face off against Hodgeman County at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Hodgeman County is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road. Ashland will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Pawnee Heights at 6:30 p.m. on January 30th.
