After flying high against Brazoswood last Friday, Goose Creek Memorial came back down to earth. The Goose Creek Memorial Patriots came up short against the Wheatley Wildcats on Monday, falling 59-33. The Patriots were down 43-17 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Several Patriots players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Kindall Houston, who earned nine points along with three steals. Another player making a difference was Carinne Bouie, who earned seven points along with seven rebounds and five steals.
Even though they lost, Goose Creek Memorial smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging NaN offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 13.1.
Leading Wheatley to victory were Caria Thomas and Jamie Solomon. Thomas shot 4-for-5 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 assists, while Solomon went 8 for 15 en route to 25 points plus five steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Solomon has scored at least a third of Wheatley's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayla Williams, who had two points in addition to ten rebounds and two steals.
Goose Creek Memorial's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-7. As for Wheatley, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Goose Creek Memorial will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Nimitz at 7:00 p.m. on December 6th. Wheatley has already played their next matchup (against Goose Creek Memorial), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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