It was a good run, but the East Union Lancers unfortunately witnessed the end of their 15-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell to Manteca 53-47. East Union was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Manteca apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played on January 11th.
Despite the defeat, East Union saw an underclassman step up: Zyondupree Beasley scored 18 points along with six rebounds and two steals. That's the first time this season that Beasley scored 15 or more points. Alexa Zuniga was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with two steals.
Manteca's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Izabella Sanchez, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds and five steals. Sanchez has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jada Ikharo, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds.
East Union's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-4. As for Manteca, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
East Union will be playing at home against Oakdale at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Oakdale is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak. As for Manteca, they will head out on the road to challenge Kimball at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Kimball is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Manteca a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
