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White Cloud 24 Chippewa Hills 15 In a low scoring conference matchup the Cloud pulled out the road win to halt a 2 game losing skid. Coach Wilk: “Tonight we picked up our 6th win of the season, but it was not pretty. With time winding down in the first quarter we held a 6 to 2 point advantage, but their point guard hit a deep three at the buzzer to close the gap. In the 2nd quarter Chip Hills regained the lead and went into halftime up 11 to 10. “At halftime we talked about turning up the pressure, and in the end that is what won us the game. When points are at a premium like they were tonight every basket seems to be worth more than what they really are. The best way to get a few easy buckets was going to be to force a few turnovers, and that was our plan. In the third quarter both teams continued playing good defense. We were able to score 4 points while they only managed 2. Going into the 4th quarter with a 14 to 13 point advantage I knew that if we could muster a couple more points we would be able to run out the clock. Jaden Gomez called out a play that gave us a great shot at the basket early in the 4th, and Gaby Reeve sank it. The next time down the floor we found Reeve again for another basket. With a five point lead our defense hit another gear, and we were able to get another couple easy baskets off from turnovers. From that point on we were able to run the clock out.Gaby Reeve led us with 12 points. Jaden Gomez connected for 8, and Kiara Edwards rounded out our scoring with 4. “Although the scoring was not spread out tonight we had multiple girls step up in other ways tonight. Kadence Nickoloff earned a start tonight. She played great defense, and helped pull down some key rebounds for us. The combination of our other players not mentioned all did their part playing great defense.” White Cloud (2-3, 6-5) continues conference play on Tuesday when they host Lakeview (0-5, 2-11).
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