Sterling had lost seven straight headed into Monday's match, but Destiny Lewis didn't let it get to eight. The Sterling Raiders claimed a resounding 58-17 win over the Waltrip Rams thanks in part to Lewis, who went 13 of 20 on her way to 30 points and eight steals. That makes it eight consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Sterling's points.
12/16/24 vs Waltrip | 11 |
11/18/24 @ Madison | 9 |
01/12/24 vs Galena Park | 9 |
01/22/24 @ Milby | 8 |
11/27/23 vs Milby | 5 |
The team also got some help courtesy of Randnechia Thompson, who went 5 of 9 on her way to 11 points and three steals. Those 11 points gave her a new career-high.
Sterling's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9. As for Waltrip, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Sterling will host Milby at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Waltrip will take on Austin in a holiday battle at at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.
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