The Cedar Catholic Trojans will take on the Southwest Roughriders at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Cedar Catholic sitting on three straight victories and Southwest on 22.
Cedar Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Nebraska Christian 65-42. The Trojans pushed the score to 57-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Anisten Wortmann
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Anisten Wortmann was nothing short of spectacular: she went 5-for-9 to rack up 16 points along with five rebounds and five steals. The contest was her third in a row with at least 16 points. Katelyn Arens was another key player, putting up nine points and six boards.
Cedar Catholic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Southwest on Friday. Everything went their way against Pleasanton as Southwest made off with a 64-42 win. The Roughriders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Southwest's win came from a few key players Cedar Catholic will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Allison Vanpelt, who shot 46% from the field en route to 14 points in addition to five assists and four steals. She is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in each of the last six games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyra Nelms, who went 7-for-15 on her way to 15 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Southwest pushed their record up to 23-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points over those games. As for Cedar Catholic, their record now sits at 15-11.
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