Basketball Recap: Lauren Bear Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Anderson

Bruins

Previous 5 Games

12/27/24 vs Bloomington South	27-56
12/27/24 vs Anderson	65-57
12/21/24 vs Lafayette Central Catholic	52-55
12/17/24 @ Sheridan	49-68
12/13/24 @ Frankfort	89-15

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Bloomington South, Tri-West Hendricks was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They came out on top against the Anderson Indians by a score of 65-57. With that victory, the Bruins brought their scoring average up to 50.1 points per game.

Tri-West Hendricks' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Lauren Bear, who went 7 for 11 on her way to 20 points. Leah Mulligan was another key player, going 6 for 14 on her way to 14 points and three steals.

Tri-West Hendricks was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Anderson's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jamyia Foster, who went 6 of 8 on her way to 13 points in addition to eight boards and five steals, and Kennedy Brown, who went 7 of 16 on her way to 23 points. The dominant performance gave Foster a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cambreanna Cambreanna, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.

The win got Tri-West Hendricks back to even at 7-7. As for Anderson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-13.

Tri-West Hendricks will square off against University at 1:00 p.m. on January 4th. Tri-West Hendricks is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.1 points per game this season. As for Anderson, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 72-43 loss against Whiteland on the 27th.