High school girls basketball: National record 141-game win streak comes to an end as Etiwanda beats Incarnate Word Academy at Hoophall Classic

Red Knights suffer first loss since 2020, falling to defending national champion 74-65.

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Jan 20, 2025, 8:00am
The streak is over. 

No. 18 Etiwanda (Calif.) beat No. 15 Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis, Mo.) 74-65 on Monday morning at the Hoophall Classic to snap the longest win streak in high school girls basketball history at 141 games.

It was the first loss for Incarnate Word Academy since Feb. 8, 2020.

Cal commit Aliyahna Morris, who finished with 26 points, set the tone early Monday with a barrage of 3-pointers for Etiwanda. She hit from each wing, added a NBA-range triple and closed the first quarter with a trey from the top of the key as her Eagles took an 18-13 lead. 

But Indiana commit Nevaeh Caffey of Incarnate Word Academy poured in 32 points of her own to keep the Red Knights hanging around.

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Incarnate Word took its first lead midway through the second quarter but couldn't keep it as the Eagles took a 35-34 edge into intermission.

Morris and LSU commit Grace Knox shined late for Etiwanda. Morris scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to give the Eagles a 61-54 edge with 4:12 left. Knox then scored five straight, including a big 3-pointer from the left wing. She finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.

The Eagles led 70-60 with 1:10 remaining before Incarnate Word Academy mustered one final push, closing to 70-65 before running out of steam.

Incarnate Word Academy broke the consecutive wins record Jan. 11, beating Blue Valley North (Overland Park, Kan.) 68-51 at the Sophie Cunningham Classic for its 139th straight victory to pass Central Plains (Claflin, Kan.). The Red Knights tacked on two more wins before heading to Springfield for the Hoophall Classic.

Head coach Dan Rolfes told MaxPreps after the record-breaking win that his squad knew the day would come that the streak would end, but that it wasn't what they were playing for.

"What am I going to tell them after we lose? Let’s get 139 more," Rolfes said. "No one wants to lose, but there’s obviously huge lessons in every victory and every defeat. If it makes us better and helps us win a state championship then we have to learn from it."




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