After flying high against Ketchikan last Thursday, West Anchorage came back down to earth. The West Anchorage Eagles fell just short of the Dimond Lynx by a score of 51-49 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Lynx: they've now lost four in a row.
Several Eagles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Wednesday Bithow, who went 5 for 12 on her way to 13 points and six boards. Another player making a difference was Re'Zhanai Wyche, who posted 12 points and three steals.
It was another big night for Katie MacDonald, who went 8 of 14 en route to 21 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals for Dimond. MacDonald is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Hamey, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 18 boards.
West Anchorage now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Dimond, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
West Anchorage will square off against Bartlett at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Bartlett will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something West Anchorage surely won't give up without a fight. Dimond has already played their next game (against South Anchorage), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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