Two dominant guards in Kyla Friedrich and Lauren Harris are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Sacramento Adventist Capitals will square off against the Faith Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sacramento Adventist is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Sacramento Country Day: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sacramento Adventist blew Sacramento Country Day out of the water with a 63-19 final score. The Capitals pushed the score to 54-11 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cavaliers had no chance of recovering from.
Mikayla Meza was the offensive standout of the matchup as she posted 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Friedrich, who earned 11 points.
Meanwhile, Faith Christian had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.7 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 83-61 margin over the Wolves. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while the Wolves are ranked 801st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sacramento Adventist is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.3 points per game. As for Faith Christian, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Things could have been worse for Sacramento Adventist, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 52-35 loss to Faith Christian in their previous meeting back in January. Can Sacramento Adventist avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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