Basketball Preview: Medina Mustangs vs. Lancaster Legends
The Medina Mustangs will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Lancaster Legends at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Medina focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 20 on Wednesday.
Medina is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They fell 71-58 to Maryvale. The Mustangs just can't catch a break and have now endured ten losses in a row dating back to last season.
Medina's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Jerrell Nealy, who went 8 for 14 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds and two steals, and Preston Woodworth, who scored 21 points in addition to three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jimmy Dieter, who posted six points.
Even though they lost, Medina smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lancaster was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 76-54 to St. Mary's.
Medina was taken down by Lancaster 70-26 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Medina was down 34-13.
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