The Garden Plain Owls will challenge the Moundridge Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Garden Plain has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games.
Last Tuesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Garden Plain beat Trinity Academy 50-45.
Meanwhile, Moundridge waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They claimed a resounding 77-23 win over the Lions. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Lions are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Garden Plain better focus on containing Cammi Unruh and Macy Kaminkow as the pair were huge in Moundridge's win. Unruh went 7 of 8 on her way to 16 points and five rebounds, while Kaminkow posted ten points in addition to eight boards and five assists. The match was Unruh's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Halle Hecox, who went 6 for 8 en route to 14 points.
Moundridge smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in eight consecutive games.
Moundridge pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Garden Plain, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Garden Plain was dealt a bruising 66-34 loss at the hands of Moundridge in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Garden Plain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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