The Badger Braves entered their tilt with the LaBrae Vikings with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Badger secured a 62-57 W over LaBrae on Thursday. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Badger's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Hannah Betts led the charge by scoring 18 points along with five steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Betts has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Brianna Huscroft, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds and five steals.
LaBrae lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Riley Rowe, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. It was the first time this season that Rowe scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Kuszmaul, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, LaBrae were working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Badger only racked up seven assists.
Badger's win was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for LaBrae, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-5.
Badger does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for LaBrae, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Norwayne at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Norwayne focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Thursday.
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