Madison Richter leads Whitman over Floyd
Whitman’s Jazmynn Julien pushes down the court guarded by Floyd’s Vinte'ya Rountree on Monday. Credit: Kathy M Helgeson
It took all four quarters, but Whitman remains undefeated.
The Wildcats topped Floyd, 74-58, in a Suffolk I matchup at home Monday night.
“We’re always trying to raise the standards,” Jazmynn Julien said. “We put up a roadblock for [Floyd] today. You could see how competitive this game was the whole way through so I’m glad we were able to show up, make a statement and prove ourselves to them.”
The loss marks Floyd’s (4-1) first in league play while Whitman goes to 4-0.
Floyd went on a 15-point run that stretched from the end of the first quarter until nearly halfway through the second. The Colonials outscored Whitman 13-8 in the second quarter to tie the score at 28 heading into halftime.
“We had two nice possessions to make sure the game was tied before the break,” Whitman coach Dan Trebour said. “Once we picked up that momentum, we just knew we had to stay the course, take care of the ball and play good defense.”
Madison Richter notched a game-high 18 points for Whitman. She set the tone for the Wildcats, scoring 14 of her points in the first half.
“We came in ready, we came in prepared and we fought hard,” Richter said. “We improved everything about our game going into the second half. We honed in on our defense and settled down our offense to get better shots off.”
Julien and Paige had 17 points each for the Wildcats.
Whitman went on an 11-point run in the third quarter to regain the lead at 49-42, before Floyd called a timeout with 1:20 remaining. Julien put up nine points, including a clutch and-one play to secure a 54-43 lead going into the final quarter.
“[Julien is] so good in so many ways,” Trebour said. “She’ll handle the ball, she’ll attack the rim, she’ll play defense on a guard or forward. She can just do so many things. Even when she’s not scoring, she affects the outcome of the game.”
Julien wasn’t the only one with some late-game efficiency. Hannah Creighton scored eight of her 14 points and Hiller got 13 of her 17 points in the second half. The second-half surge made the Wildcats tough to catch.
“We really picked up the momentum toward the end of the game,” Julien said. “[Floyd] had a lot of great scorers who were making tough plays, so we knew we had to play sound defense and execute on offense as much as we could.”
Tess Ferguson is a reporter on Newsday's high school sports staff. She joined the team after graduating with a journalism degree from Ithaca College in 2025.
