Rachel Nunez commands the offense for Cardinals win

By Team Reports Feb 22, 2024, 1:20pm

Recap: Miller Cardinals vs. Marionville Comets

The Marionville Comets typically have all the answers at home, but on Tuesday the Miller Cardinals proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 53-46 victory over the Comets. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Miller also won the last time the pair played back in February of 2023.

Miller's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Rachel Nunez, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. Nunez has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Ashlynn Helton, who scored 13 points along with five assists and two steals.

Marionville lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Lucy Newberry, who scored 15 points along with three steals. Newberry has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Bright, who scored nine points along with six rebounds and three steals.

Miller has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Marionville, their loss dropped their record down to 19-7.

Miller will head out on the road to face off against Pierce City at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pierce City will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings (they are ranked 270th, while Miller is ranked 127th). As for Marionville, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Miller at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Marionville focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday.

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