The Wheeling Park Patriots will challenge Kennedy Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Nitro, who was ranked second at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked fourth). Wheeling Park fell 68-57 to Nitro on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (56), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Wilmington typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Kennedy Catholic proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 70-59 win over the Greyhounds. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Kennedy Catholic.
Kennedy Catholic's win came from a few key players Wheeling Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Layke Fields, who dropped a double-double with 21 points and 14 boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as she's posted one of at least 47% in the last 34 games she's played dating back to last season. Bella Magestro was another key player, going 7-for-12 from beyond the arc to rack up 29 points and six assists.
Kennedy Catholic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive contests.
Kennedy Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 15-5. As for Wheeling Park, they dropped their record down to 12-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Wheeling Park was able to grind out a solid win over Kennedy Catholic in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, winning 67-54. Will Wheeling Park repeat their success, or does Kennedy Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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