Basketball Preview: Clay Blue Devils vs. Orange Park Raiders
Clay is 0-8 against Orange Park since January of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Clay Blue Devils will be playing in front of their home fans against the Orange Park Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Clay focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 24 last Monday.
Clay is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season last Monday. They came up short against Stanton, falling 56-30.
Despite the defeat, Clay saw an underclassman step up: freshman Annnaliese Hovda posted nine points plus five rebounds and three steals. Hovda is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least three every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Shan'Toryonna Evans, who had no points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Even though they lost, Clay smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Orange Park beat Bishop Snyder 44-38 on Monday.
Orange Park pushed their record up to 3-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for Clay, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Clay was dealt a bruising 62-34 defeat at the hands of Orange Park in their previous meeting back in February. Thankfully for Clay, Piera Alexander (who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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