Preview: Johnson City Eagles vs. Santa Maria Cougars
The Johnson City Eagles will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Santa Maria Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on February 23rd. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Johnson City had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Yellowjackets as they made off with a 63-40 win.
Johnson City's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Johnny Slawinski, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Aiden Fulton, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 14 rebounds. Fulton is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down ten or more in the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Mccray Jacobs, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, Santa Maria came tearing into Tuesday's game with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 64-54 win over Three Rivers.
Johnson City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a massive bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Santa Maria, their victory bumped their record up to 17-12.
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