WINOOSKI – The Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team went wire to wire with Winooski on the road last week before running out of gas late to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Djoyce Mampuya scored a team-high 14 points to lead Winooski to a 44-34 home win over Twinfield-Cabot last Tuesday. Junior Chloe North kept the Lady Trojans in striking distance for three-and-a-half quarters with a career-high 24 points. Alice Buhendwa complimented with 12 points to help the Lady Spartans pull away late. Winooski has been on a steady incline as a program since winning just 2 games in 2022. They’ve combined for 18 wins the past two seasons, including their first winning season (11-9) last winter in four years.
“It felt great to be competitive against a good team in a tough place to play! We did beat ourselves at times and need to continue to work on the little things you need to do as a team to be successful. Taking care of the ball and being in the right spots on defense are things we’ll keep trying to improve on,” said Whalen.
North emerged as a steady role player on a senior laden team last season for Whalen as just a sophomore. She is averaging 20 points per game early on this season and if another scoring threat develops for the Lady Trojans, Whalen’s youthful rebuild could be accelerated.
“We know what we need to do to turn our mistakes around to change the outcomes of these games. We’ll see them again next week, hopefully fix those things and try to get a win. I’m very proud of how Chloe has stepped up and become a leader for this young team,” said Whalen.
The Lady Trojans hosted Mid-Vermont Christian in their home opener last Thursday and completed their home and home series with Winooski on Tuesday. They travel to BFA-Fairfax on December 30 before squaring off against rival Williamstown on January 2 in the Winter Solstice at the Barre Auditorium.
