The Nathan Hale Raiders and the North Creek Jaguars will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Nathan Hale has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while North Creek will come in with three straight wins.
Nathan Hale is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Seattle Academy on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Nathan Hale was outmatched by Seattle Academy and fell 60-26. The Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Dominique Barker was Nathan Hale's leading scorer, having posted eight points. Aubrey Barker held things down on the boards with six rebounds. Varya Ermolenko took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, North Creek was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Marysville Getchell 67-4. The contest marked the Jaguars' most dominant victory of the season so far.
North Creek had a senior duo take command as Seirat Bhullar went 5 of 10 on her way to 15 points and six steals and Jocelyn Tamayo made all 7 shots she took to post 16 points. With that strong performance, Bhullar is now averaging an impressive 2.1 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Geller, who posted seven points and four steals.
North Creek was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
North Creek pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.8 points per game. As for Nathan Hale, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Nathan Hale took a serious blow against North Creek in their previous matchup back in December of 2017, falling 87-52. Thankfully for Nathan Hale, Kelsey Hudson (who shot 4-for-7 from long range and almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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