The Salem Sundevils and the Grassfield Grizzlies will round out the year against one another at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Salem comes in on four and Grassfield on six.
Salem will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 57) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. It was close, but they ultimately received the gift of a 45-43 victory from a begrudging Sundevils squad.
Meanwhile, Grassfield didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Lafayette on Monday, but they still walked away with a 48-43 win. The 48-point effort marked the Grizzlies' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Salem better focus on containing Lauren Priester and Amaya Fisher as the pair were huge in Grassfield's win. Priester went 8 of 15 on her way to 21 points, while Fisher went 5 for 12 en route to 15 points. Priester has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 27 times she's played.
Salem's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Grassfield, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
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