Basketball Preview: Wakefield Country Day Owls vs. Tandem Friends Badgers
Wakefield Country Day is 1-9 against Tandem Friends since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Wakefield Country Day Owls just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Tandem Friends Badgers at 4:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Wakefield Country Day is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Fresta Valley Christian for the full four quarters, racking up a 65-33 win. With that victory, the Owls brought their scoring average up to 50.8 points per game.
Wakefield Country Day got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jacob Didomenico out in front who went 11 for 24 en route to 23 points plus four steals. What's more, Didomenico also posted a 46% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Alfredo Martinez, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Wakefield Country Day was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Tandem Friends unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They were just a bucket shy of victory back in November and fell 83-82 to Appalachian Christian School.
Despite their defeat, Tandem Friends saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Sean Tyler, who scored 25 points, was perhaps the best of all. The team also got some help courtesy of Derion Gardner, who had 15 points.
With the victory, Wakefield Country Day broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 1-4. As for Tandem Friends, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Wakefield Country Day was taken down by Tandem Friends 73-38 in their previous matchup back in February of 2018. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wakefield Country Day was down 38-18.
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