The Fallbrook Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Fallbrook has now lost 11 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since January 18.
Fallbrook is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Mission Hills on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Fallbrook was beaten by Mission Hills 98-17. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 466th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 40th).
Janice Garcia was Fallbrook's leading scorer, having posted seven points. Emery Pizzo held things down on the boards with ten rebounds. She took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei Catholic suffered their closest loss since February 13, 2024 on Thursday. They fell just short of Montgomery by a score of 58-56.
The match pitted two dominant forwards against one another in Promise Martin and Paula Zumstein. Zumstein had a solid game and posted 19 points. Meanwhile, Martin was balling out in the loss, going 8-for-17 on her way to 16 points in addition to seven boards and six steals.
Fallbrook's defeat dropped their record down to 11-17. As for Mater Dei Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 15-12.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Fallbrook has been crashing the boards this season, having averaged 35.4 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Mater Dei Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 35.6 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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