The Wendover Wildcats fought the good fight in their overtime game against the Rich Rebels on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 51-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rebels. Wendover has not had much luck with Rich recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Millie Hicks, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 16 rebounds. Hicks has been hot recently, having posted 13 or more rebounds the last four times she's played. Gaby Delgadillo was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with four steals and two blocks.
Hannah Scott was nothing short of spectacular for Rich: she dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Haydee Pugmire, who scored eight points.
Wendover's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7. As for Rich, the win (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 17-4.
Wendover will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Milford at 11:30 a.m. on February 28th. Hopefully Milford focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Saturday. As for Rich, they and Manila will face off at 5:30 p.m. on February 17th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Rich is coming into the matchup with 12 straight wins at home, so Manila will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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