Idalia has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Arickaree Bison at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Idalia focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Idalia earned a 44-36 win over Flagler. The victory was just what Idalia needed coming off of a 47-24 defeat in their prior game.
Jaylyn Kechter and Krista Wieser were among the main playmakers for Idalia as the former scored 13 points along with six rebounds and three steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Wieser has scored all season. Addison Richards was another key contributor, scoring six points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Arickaree had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.3 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They secured a 35-30 W over Lone Star.
Idalia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. As for Arickaree, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-4.
Everything came up roses for Idalia against Arickaree in their previous matchup back in February of 2023 as the team secured a 63-34 victory. Does Idalia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Arickaree turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
