Basketball Preview: Bartram Trail Bears vs. Middleburg Broncos
Bartram Trail and Middleburg are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The Bartram Trail Bears will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Middleburg Broncos at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Bartram Trail focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 last Thursday.
Bartram Trail is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Baldwin: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bartram Trail blew Baldwin out of the water with a 63-21 final score. The Bears pushed the score to 52-17 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had no chance of recovering from.
Alyssa Donohue was nothing short of spectacular: she dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in threes (two). Esabella Brenneman was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and ten steals.
Meanwhile, Middleburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Baker County on the road and fell 59-32.
Middleburg's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Bartram Trail, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Everything came up roses for Bartram Trail against Middleburg when the teams last played back in December of 2022, as the squad secured a 47-15 win. Will Bartram Trail repeat their success, or does Middleburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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