Preview: Mitchell Mustangs vs. Seven Rivers Christian Warriors
The Mitchell Mustangs will be playing at home against the Seven Rivers Christian Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Mitchell focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 32 on Saturday.
Mitchell struggled with assists on Saturday (River Ridge had 12 more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Mitchell received a tough blow as they fell 58-41 to River Ridge. While losing is never fun, Mitchell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while River Ridge is ranked 37th).
The losing side was boosted by Priya Jacob, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. She has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 14 times she's played.
Meanwhile, Seven Rivers Christian put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 63-16 win over Hernando Christian Academy at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 46-9.
Seven Rivers Christian relied on the efforts of Jurisah Bailey, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and five steals, and Annalise De beer, who almost dropped a triple-double on 14 points, 12 rebounds, and nine steals. De beer is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Joy Sullivan was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with three steals.
Mitchell's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Seven Rivers Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Mitchell hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having only averaged 54 points per game. However, it's not like Seven Rivers Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 63.9 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
