Preview: Wood Wildcats vs. East Union Lancers
Two dominant forwards in Natalia Sanchez and Donnese Payne are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Wood Wildcats will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the East Union Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
With a playoff game on the line, Wood rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Patriots by a score of 55-45.
Wood had a senior duo take command as Sa?nyah Stewart scored 22 points along with five steals and two blocks and Sanchez scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Sanchez hasn't dropped below two steals for 11 straight games. Another player making a difference was Tianna Palmer, who scored two points along with eight rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, East Union put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 64-32 victory over Lathrop. Given East Union's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while Lathrop is ranked 473rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wood is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for East Union, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 24-5.
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