The New Underwood Tigers and the Wall Eagles squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the New Underwood Tigers had to settle for second. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 50-27 walloping at the hands of the Eagles. New Underwood has struggled against Wall recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Leading Wall to victory were Rhea Tucker and Nora Dinger. Tucker scored 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals, while Dinger scored 12 points along with eight assists and six steals. Tucker hasn't dropped below two steals for 14 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Kjerstad, who scored ten points along with five rebounds and five steals.
New Underwood's loss dropped their record down to 4-19. As for Wall, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
New Underwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Wall, their homestand continues as they prepare to take on Philip at 7:00 p.m. on February 22nd. Hopefully Wall focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Tuesday.
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