Preview: St. David's Warriors vs. Greensboro Day School Bengals
St. David has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Greensboro Day School Bengals at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. David's had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They walked away with a 37-30 victory over Cape Fear Academy on Thursday. Given St. David's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while Cape Fear Academy is ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. David's to victory, but perhaps none more so than Maya Foster, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. Foster is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. Rebecca Leshnock was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Greensboro Day School came tearing into Friday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against High Point Christian Academy by a score of 61-53. 61 seems to be a good number for Greensboro Day School as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
St. David's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Greensboro Day School, they pushed their record up to 27-4 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
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