The Grand Street Campus Wolves will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the East New York Family Academy East New York Family Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Grand Street Campus is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They lost 70-49 to South Shore last Monday.
Meanwhile, East New York Family Academy came up short against South Shore on Monday and fell 45-33. East New York Family Academy has struggled against South Shore recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
East New York Family Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Janaya Henderson, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Arianna Mercado, who posted 13 points plus four steals. Mercado is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed four or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Grand Street Campus strolled past East New York Family Academy in their previous matchup back in February by a score of 66-47. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mercado, who posted 12 points in addition to six assists and six steals. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Grand Street Campus still be able to contain Mercado? There's only one way to find out.
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