On Thursday, December 13 the Lady Pirates went head to head against the Dakota Indians at the Holiday tournament in Pearl City. The Pirates fought hard against the Indians but the varsity girls ended up being defeated 32-44.

Sami Wasmund 20’ led the team with a total of 17 points. A majority of Wasmund’s points came from her free throws with a total of seven points from free throws and 10 points from making five two-pointers. Wasmund said “We are a very young team and lost a lot of our senior leaders and I realized that I had to step up and fill the role of the leader on the court.” Following close behind her was Mackenzie Muehleip 20’ with a total of 12 points. Muehleip had four made free throws and four two-pointers in the game.

Muehleip said “We were not making our shots which has been a problem lately so we really need to focus on shooting in practice because I feel like we definitely could have beat them if we had made more of our shots.”

Overall the record is 8-4 for the season. The Pirates faced the Pecatonica Indians on Saturday, December 15th at 1pm at Pecatonica and beat them by a score of 51-43.