St. Andrew's Episcopal is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Sidwell Friends is on a four-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions will welcome the Sidwell Friends Quakers at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, St. Andrew's Episcopal was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 46-41 to Georgetown Visitation Prep.
Despite the loss, St. Andrew's Episcopal had strong showings from Soliya Solomon, who posted 16 points, and Anna Beth Tsai-Turton, who had 14 points. Tsai-Turton continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Safa Al-Uqdah Robinson was another key player, putting up seven points.
Meanwhile, Sidwell Friends is ranked highly in their home state and on Tuesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Potomac School. Sidwell Friends came out on top against Potomac School by a score of 54-44.
St. Andrew's Episcopal better focus on containing Ava Yoon and Genesis Schneeberg as the pair were huge in Sidwell Friends' win. Yoon earned 15 points, while Schneeberg scored 14 points. The dominant performance gave Schneeberg a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayla Jackson, who put up nine points.
Sidwell Friends' victory bumped their record up to 15-2. As for St. Andrew's Episcopal, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-10.
St. Andrew's Episcopal took a serious blow against Sidwell Friends when the teams last played on Saturday, falling 68-36. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jackson, who posted 30 points. Now that St. Andrew's Episcopal knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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