It has been a busy few days for the Nitro girls basketball team.

The Wildcats took down defending WVSSAC Class AAAA state champion Spring Valley, 61-50, on Saturday, then took on defending Class AA champ Charleston Catholic on Wednesday night.

Nitro got a balanced scoring attack, seeing three players finish with double figures, and knocked off the Irish, 58-44, inside Alumni Arena, marking its second win in five days over a defending titleholder.

The host Wildcats shot 18 of 47 (38%) overall, 7 of 21 (33%) from 3 and 15 of 19 from the free throw line (79%).

Nitro's full-court defense was also suffocating at points Wednesday, forcing 19 Charleston Catholic turnovers.

"Defense has been what we've been talking about all year," Nitro coach Pat Jones said. "It's just pressuring the ball an

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