It was a good run, but the Mourning Sharks unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 26-15 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Miami Beach. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Mourning in their matchups with North Miami Beach: they've now lost three in a row.
North Miami Beach can attribute much of their success to Sara Leo, who scored nine points along with seven steals. Leo has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Yoshaney Cayaso, who scored two points along with nine rebounds and five steals.
Mourning's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for North Miami Beach, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mourning will challenge Varela at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Varela: 26.8, Mourning: 24.7) so any points scored will be well earned. North Miami Beach's road trip will continue as they head out to face Central at 1:00 p.m. on January 19th.
