Preview: Mercyhurst Prep Lakers vs. Northwestern Wildcats
Mercyhurst Prep is 9-1 against Northwestern since December of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Mercyhurst Prep Lakers will challenge the Northwestern Wildcats. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Mercyhurst Prep sitting on three straight victories and Northwestern on 12.
Mercyhurst Prep stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard two weeks ago. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 71-27 win over Eisenhower. Mercyhurst Prep's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Northwestern had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 66-56 win over the Greyhounds. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Northwestern found their leader in underclassman Makayla Presser-palmer, who scored 25 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Presser-palmer hasn't dropped below 15 points for 21 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Brooke Miller, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds.
Mercyhurst Prep is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Northwestern, their win bumped their record up to 21-3.
Mercyhurst Prep came up short against Northwestern when the teams last played on February 5th, falling 47-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Presser-palmer, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 15 rebounds. Now that Mercyhurst Prep knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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