On Saturday, Wheeling Park faced Nitro in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Wheeling Park Patriots fell 68-57 to the Nitro Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (56), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Nitro's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Natalie Smith, who dropped a double-double with 20 points and 13 boards. Smith has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last three times she's played. Mika Adams was another key player, going 6-for-9 on her way to 18 points.
Wheeling Park dropped their record down to 12-8 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Nitro, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Wheeling Park will welcome Kennedy Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kennedy Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season. As for Nitro, they will be playing at home against Morgantown at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Nitro's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.
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