The Wall Eagles scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Thursday. They strolled past White River with points to spare, taking the game 74-57. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
It was another big night for Paige Kjerstad, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 15 rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last eight times she's played. Another player making a difference was Nora Dinger, who scored 22 points along with five assists and two steals.
Wall's win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3. They've been dominating during the contests in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 28.7 points. As for White River, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-4.
Wall won't have much time to rest: their next game is against the Kougars at 4:00 p.m. on February 2nd. As for White River, they will head out on the road to challenge the Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. New Underwood will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Dakota Rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Tigers are ranked 44th).
