Wellman-Union lost against Whitharral back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Wellman-Union Wildcats took a blow against the Whitharral Panthers, falling 59-16. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1102nd, while the Panthers are ranked 435th).
Whitharral was led to victory by Paige Smith and Rylee Kristinek. Smith went 8 of 17 on her way to 26 points along with six steals and five rebounds, while Kristinek went 8 for 13 en route to 23 points and eight boards. That makes it 23 consecutive games in which Smith has scored at least a third of Whitharral's points. Another player making a difference was Sheridan Neal, who posted three points and six steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Wellman-Union and nudges their season record down to 13-11. As for Whitharral, they pushed their record up to 19-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Wellman-Union has already played their next match, a 33-28 defeat against Anton on the 28th. As for Whitharral, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 73-14 victory against Amherst on the 28th.
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