The West Lafayette Red Devils can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They blew past North Montgomery 54-19 on the road. Given West Lafayette's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 67th, while North Montgomery is ranked 248th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Adrianne Tolen continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 21 points and ten rebounds. That makes it nine consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of West Lafayette's points. Sarah Werth was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with three steals.
Despite the loss, North Montgomery still got an impressive performance from Piper Ramey, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and three blocks. Ramey scored a full 57.9% of North Montgomery's points, the 11th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Even though they lost, North Montgomery were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Lafayette only pulled down 18 offensive rebounds.
West Lafayette now has a winning record of 8-7. As for North Montgomery, their loss was their third straight at home, which bumped their record down to 5-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Lafayette will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Hamilton Heights at 7:30 p.m. on December 14th. Hamilton Heights will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak. As for North Montgomery, they will head out on the road to face off against Crawfordsville at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Crawfordsville comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 24 points in their last seven games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.
