The Oak Creek Knights entered their tilt with the Racine Park Panthers with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Oak Creek slipped by Racine Park 50-49 on Friday. Given Oak Creek's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while Racine Park is ranked 262nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Racine Park's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ellie Khreish, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds and two steals, and Addison Betker who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. Betker is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last nine games she's played.
Oak Creek pushed their record up to 13-9 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Racine Park, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-14.
Oak Creek will be playing at home against Kenosha Tremper at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kenosha Tremper will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Oak Creek surely won't give up without a fight. As for Racine Park, they will head out on the road to take on Racine Horlick at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Racine Park is facing Racine Horlick at the right time seeing as Racine Horlick is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
