It has been a while, but they’re officially back.
The Milwaukee-area high school girls basketball takeaways are back in action as we’ll highlight some of the bigger talking points and matchups throughout the rest of the regular season.
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This week features four takeaways from the week that was, including the area’s two best teams continuing to dominate as their high-profile matchup against one another moves closer. Along with those two, there was a massive upset in the Milwaukee City Conference with an upset of previously unbeaten Milwaukee King.
Let’s dive in, shall we?
Arrowhead, Wauwatosa East continue to dominate as massive showdown looms
The two best programs in the Milwaukee area this season continued to show this week why they’re the two best programs in the area. Arrowhead cruised to a pair of victories over Oak Creek (77-51) and Kettle Moraine (74-51) to move to 11-0 this season with Minnesota recruit Natalie Kussow putting on a show in the victory over the Knights with a 30-point game, including a 6-of-11 performance from long range in the win. Only one of Arrowhead’s 11 victories has been by single digits with the Warhawks averaging 81.5 points per contest. They’ve been a juggernaut into the first half of January as the grittiest portion of the schedule looms, including arguably the biggest game of the season Jan. 27 against fellow unbeaten and Division 1 state title contender Wauwatosa East.
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Speaking of those Red Raiders, they had an impressive week with victories over Greater Metro Conference title race rival Brookfield East (71-47) and Divine Savior Holy Angels (77-44) in their 12-0 start to the season. Red Raiders coach Mary Merg always preaches an emphasis on efficiency and sharing the basketball. Well, to those bullet points, Tosa East averages 81.1 points with 18.3 assists per game while shooting 53.2% as a unit, including a shade over 40% from 3-point land. It’s an added bonus when your best player in Mikaia Litza had 76 total assists coming into the game against DSHA and the third-best assists-per-game average across the state (6.9).
Golda Meir upsets King, ends Generals’ unbeaten start
Staying on the subject of buzzsaws, Milwaukee King had been decimating teams in its 10-0 start to the season. The Generals entered action Jan. 9 with a perfect mark, including all 10 of those victories coming by at least 12 points with an 84-6 rout of Milwaukee Juneau on Jan. 8.
That stretch came to a crashing halt, courtesy of Golda Meir in a shocking 44-39 upset of the Generals to end the unbeaten run. The Owls started 0-3, won four straight, lost four straight through the holiday portion of the season, and now have reeled off wins over Riverside and King this week. Aniya Blackmon and Amirah Taylor are one of the best 1-2 punches around the area that many may not know about. The s