The Avella Eagles will face off against the Serra Catholic Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Avella is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Bentworth 69-39 on Friday. The win was some much needed relief for the Eagles as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Avella had a senior duo take command as Sydney Strope posted 30 points and Ava Frank put up 30 points. That makes it six consecutive games in which Frank has scored at least a third of Avella's points.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Serra Catholic over Bishop Canevin in every quarter on their way to victory on Monday. Everything went Serra Catholic's way against Bishop Canevin as Serra Catholic made off with a 54-33 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Serra Catholic pushed their record up to 8-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Avella, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
Avella suffered a grim 71-46 defeat to Serra Catholic in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Serra Catholic's Abby Genes, who went 13 of 30 en route to 35 points in addition to seven steals and five boards. Now that Avella 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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