The Yerington Lions had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43 points), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against West Wendover and snuck past 40-37. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Yerington has posted yet this season.
Yerington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Randi Townsend led the charge by scoring 15 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Townsend is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Laney Triplett, who scored 11 points along with five steals.
West Wendover lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Lesly Tovar, who scored three points along with six rebounds and six steals. Tovar has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Samara Graham, who scored nine points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Yerington is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for West Wendover, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-6.
Yerington will head out on the road to square off against Battle Mountain at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Battle Mountain's defense has only allowed 28.7 points per game this season, so Yerington's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for West Wendover, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Oasis Academy at 11:30 a.m. Oasis Academy is hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
