Bloomingdale is 8-2 against East Bay since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Bloomingdale Bulls will look to defend their home court against the East Bay Indians at 8:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Bloomingdale sitting on seven straight wins and East Bay on three.
Bloomingdale is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Lennard: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bloomingdale blew Lennard out of the water with an 83-15 final score. The Bulls have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 42 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Noelle Mengel, who went 8 for 12 en route to 19 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jennie Gutman, who went 6 for 10 en route to 13 points plus six steals.
Bloomingdale was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in December of 2023.
While East Bay didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Academy of the Holy Names with a 50-44 victory on Saturday.
East Bay has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.9 points per game. As for Bloomingdale, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for Bloomingdale against East Bay when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the squad secured a 57-20 victory. In that contest, Bloomingdale amassed a halftime lead of 40-11, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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