The Germantown Warhawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fond du Lac Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Germantown will be looking to keep their 20-game home win streak (dating back to last season) alive.
Last Friday, Germantown faced Brookfield East in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Germantown walked away with a 77-69 victory over Brookfield East. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Germantown can attribute much of their success to Danica Gosz, who scored 23 points along with two steals, and Lucy Leininger, who almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. Leininger is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Madeline Jakusz, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Fond du Lac has not had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 38-37 victory over Oshkosh North.
Germantown is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Fond du Lac, their win bumped their record up to 9-16.
Germantown took their victory against Fond du Lac in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 by a conclusive 72-51. In that matchup, Germantown amassed a halftime lead of 72-51, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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