The Aquinas Falcons will take on the Rancho Verde Mustangs in a tournament on Thursday. Rancho Verde took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Aquinas, who comes in off a win.
Aquinas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 64-31 win over Bloomington. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Vanessa Lear and Rachelle LoBianco were among the main playmakers for Aquinas as the former had 23 points plus eight rebounds and four steals and the latter had 16 points along with five assists and four steals. Those five assists gave LoBianco a new career-high. Jordyn Williams was another key player, scoring eight points in addition to 11 rebounds and four blocks.
Meanwhile, Rancho Verde didn't have quite enough to beat Twentynine Palms on Monday and fell 46-43.
Aquinas has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Rancho Verde, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Aquinas lost to Rancho Verde on the road by a decisive 56-38 margin in their previous matchup last Saturday. Can Aquinas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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