Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mandeville). Everything went their way against the Thibodaux Tigers on Saturday as the Mandeville Skippers made off with a 76-55 win. For the Skippers, this counts as revenge for the 49-42 victory the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2014.
Alanna Benoit was her usual excellent self, dropping a triple-double on 35 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Giulia Balbo, who had 12 points in addition to two steals.
Mandeville was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Mandeville's record now sits at 6-2. As for Thibodaux, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4.
Mandeville will venture away from home to take on John Curtis Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mandeville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.1 points per game this season. As for Thibodaux, they will host South Lafourche at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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