The Walter Johnson Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Wootton Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Walter Johnson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.9 points per game this season.
Walter Johnson's tournament run continued when they took on St. Paul's Girls on Saturday. Walter Johnson walked away with a 37-28 victory over St. Paul's Girls. The 37-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
12/28/24 @ St. Paul's Girls | 10 |
01/08/24 @ Northwood | 7 |
12/13/23 @ Gaithersburg | 6 |
01/05/24 @ Whitman | 6 |
02/28/24 vs Gaithersburg | 6 |
Walter Johnson's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kendall Alexander, who posted 12 points, and Gabby Buggs, who scored ten points. Those ten points gave Buggs a new career-high.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 60 points the game before, Wootton was a bit more limited in their game two weeks ago. They had to suffer through a 57-25 loss at the hands of Churchill. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 16th).
Wootton's defeat dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Walter Johnson, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Walter Johnson skirted past Wootton 46-44 when the teams last played back in February. Does Walter Johnson have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wootton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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