Two dominant guards in Rayne Wright and Sasha Hodge are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Manchester Lancers will face off against the L.C. Bird Skyhawks at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
L.C. Bird will be up against a hot Manchester team: the squad just extended their winning streak to eight. Manchester blew past Huguenot 79-2 on Tuesday. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Falcons are ranked 325th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask L.C. Bird). They took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 71-9 win over Richmond City School of the Arts. With the Skyhawks ahead 38-4 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Manchester better keep an eye on Neya-Myah Lancaster. She was instrumental in L.C. Bird's win, almost dropping a double-double on 22 points and nine boards. Lancaster continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Ameera Mirpuri-Stokes was another key player, putting up seven points along with eight rebounds and eight steals.
L.C. Bird smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive contests.
Manchester is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.5 points per game. As for L.C. Bird, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4.
Manchester didn't have too much breathing room in their game against L.C. Bird when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but they still walked away with a 47-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was L.C. Bird's Kylie Kent, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Manchester still be able to contain Kent? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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