Preview: Marysville Indians vs. West Campus Warriors
Marysville has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the West Campus Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Marysville had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They breezed by Dixon at home to the tune of 70-15 on Tuesday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 47-8.
Abigail Pietz and Demi Boykin were among the main playmakers for Marysville as the former scored 24 points along with eight assists and four steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten steals. Pietz is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least three every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Krystal Briggs, who scored 11 points along with five rebounds and five steals.
Meanwhile, West Campus had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45.3 points), and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Calaveras as West Campus made off with a 56-30 victory.
West Campus' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Leilani Edinburgh, who scored 21 points, and Loismary Justice, who scored 22 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Edinburgh has scored at least a third of West Campus' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Esabel Otsuji, who scored 13 points.
Marysville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for West Campus, their win was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-6.
Marysville took a serious blow against West Campus when the teams last played back in February of 2018, falling 65-13. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Marysville was down 32-8.
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