Basketball Preview: Tandem Friends Badgers vs. Wakefield Country Day Owls
Tandem Friends is 9-1 against Wakefield Country Day since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Tandem Friends Badgers will be playing at home against the Wakefield Country Day Owls at 4:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
After dropping their season opener at home, Wakefield Country Day is headed out to face a Badgers team ready to give their home crowd a win. Tandem Friends was just a bucket shy of victory back in November and fell 83-82 to Appalachian Christian School.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Sean Tyler, who earned 25 points. Derion Gardner was another key player, earning 15 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wakefield Country Day). They blew past Fresta Valley Christian 65-33 on Tuesday. With that victory, the Owls brought their scoring average up to 50.8 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wakefield Country Day to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacob Didomenico, who went 11 for 24 en route to 23 points plus four steals. What's more, Didomenico also posted a 46% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in January. Another player making a difference was Alfredo Martinez, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Wakefield Country Day was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Everything came up roses for Tandem Friends against Wakefield Country Day when the teams last played back in February of 2018, as the squad secured a 73-38 win. In that match, Tandem Friends amassed a halftime lead of 38-18, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Wednesday.
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