Basketball Recap: Creek Valley's Win Ends Five-Game Losing Streak at Home

Creek Valley's game back in December of 2024 was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Minatare Indians as the Creek Valley Storm made off with a 47-27 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Storm have posted since February 1, 2024.

Creek Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Catherine Tilghman led the charge by dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance gave Tilghman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Karsyn Burgman, who posted nine points and four steals.

Creek Valley was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Jimena Perez and Liyah Janis certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Perez put up 17 points and seven steals, while Janis had four points and ten boards. That was a full 63% of Minatare's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.

Creek Valley's victory ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-7. As for Minatare, they are on a 23-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-5.

Creek Valley wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 60-30 defeat against Cody-Kilgore on the 10th. As for Minatare, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 57-23 loss against Garden County on the 14th.