Preview: Grand Saline Indians vs. Edgewood Bulldogs
Grand Saline is 0-10 against the Bulldogs since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Grand Saline Indians will look to defend their home court against the Edgewood Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Grand Saline has struggled recently with eight defeats in a row, while the Bulldogs will arrive with four straight victories.
Last Tuesday, Grand Saline took a serious blow against the Tigers, falling 69-33. Grand Saline has struggled against the Tigers recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Edgewood stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Chisum 55-28 at home. Given Edgewood's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Mustangs are ranked 689th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blair McPherson continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Edgewood's points. Another player making a difference was Kassidy Paul, who scored ten points along with six rebounds and five steals.
Grand Saline has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 16-12 record this season. As for Edgewood, they pushed their record up to 23-8 with that victory, which was their 21st straight at home dating back to last season.
Things could have been worse for Grand Saline, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 47-28 loss to the Bulldogs in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Paul, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Grand Saline knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
