The New Washington Mustangs pushed their score all the way to 60 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 65-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity Lutheran. New Washington has not had much luck with Trinity Lutheran recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Madison Keith was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds for Trinity Lutheran. That makes it three consecutive games in which Keith has scored at least 25% of Trinity Lutheran's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Brewer, who scored 17 points.
New Washington bumped their record down to 4-10 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Trinity Lutheran, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
New Washington will finish 2023 at home by hosting Orleans at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. Orleans is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games. Trinity Lutheran will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Jasper at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday.