Basketball Preview: Germantown Mavericks vs. Canton Tigers
The Germantown Mavericks will venture away from home to take on the Canton Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Germantown is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Germantown will head out to face Canton after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Germantown took a 30-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of Morton. The matchup marked the Mavericks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Germantown had strong showings from Charlie Gamberine, who posted ten points along with two steals, and Julia Glasgow, who scored five points in addition to ten rebounds and four steals. With that strong performance, Glasgow is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canton). They took down Velma Jackson 65-47 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Canton pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Germantown, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3.
Germantown came up short against Canton in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 41-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Canton's Shamira Morton, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and 16 rebounds. Now that Germantown knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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