The Taylor Ducks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Rouse Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Taylor focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 23 on Tuesday.
Rouse is facing Taylor at the wrong time: Taylor suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell to the Bumblebees 49-43. The defeat continues a trend for the Ducks in their matchups with the Bumblebees: they've now lost three in a row.
Despite the loss, Taylor had strong showings from Zakaya Frederick, who went 5 for 8 en route to 13 points plus three steals, and Tiana Candee, who posted ten points plus eight rebounds. What's more, Frederick also posted a 63% field goal percentage, which is the highest she's posted since back in January.
Even though they lost, Taylor was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Rouse had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They managed a 40-36 win over the Panthers.
Rouse's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Taylor, their defeat ended a 15-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-6.
Taylor lost to Rouse at home by a decisive 54-38 margin in their previous meeting back in November of 2022. Can Taylor avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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