The Peninsula Seahawks and the Bishop Blanchet Bears will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Peninsula is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Timberline: they outscored them in every quarter. Peninsula was the clear victor by a 57-32 margin over Timberline on Saturday. Given the Seahawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Blazers are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grace Richardson continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Maci Miller was another key player, putting up ten points.
Peninsula was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bishop Blanchet put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 76-21 win over Nathan Hale. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Bishop Blanchet's win came from a few key players Peninsula will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Francesca Marona, who went 6 of 15 on her way to 15 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Neko Joseph, who went 6 of 9 from beyond the arc on her way to 18 points.
Bishop Blanchet's victory bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Peninsula, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
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