After flying high against Independence last Wednesday, Rock Creek came back down to earth. The Rock Creek Mustangs lost to the Bishop Miege Stags at home by a 59-45 margin on Saturday. The Mustangs lost against the Stags in their previous head to head back in February of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 61-22 score last time.
Kirston Verhulst was her usual excellent self, shooting 64% from the field to rack up 23 points and three steals for Bishop Miege. Thanks to that strong game, Verhulst now owns an excellent 45.7% field goal percentage. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayla McClinton, who posted 11 points in addition to eight boards and five blocks.
Rock Creek's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27 points. As for Bishop Miege, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-4.
Rock Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Bishop Miege, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 68-35 win against Eudora on the 13th.
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