Basketball Game Preview: Fall River Bulldogs vs. Sacramento Adventist Capitals

By Team Reports Mar 2, 2024, 9:28am

Preview: Fall River Bulldogs vs. Sacramento Adventist Capitals

The Fall River Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Sacramento Adventist Capitals at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Fall River walked away with it. They blew past the Cardinals 84-52 at home on Wednesday. Fall River's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Fall River can attribute much of their success to Reese Cassity, who scored 21 points along with eight steals, and Darcie Range, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 14 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Range has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Serena Conway, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Meanwhile, Sacramento Adventist came tearing into Wednesday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past Point Arena 59-35. Given Sacramento Adventist's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 338th, while Point Arena is ranked 851st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fall River has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-12 record this season. As for Sacramento Adventist, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-6.

Everything came up roses for Fall River against Sacramento Adventist in their previous matchup back in March of 2022 as the squad secured a 84-39 win. In that match, Fall River amassed a halftime lead of 54-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.

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