Akron is 0-10 against Merino since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Akron Rams will face off against the Merino Rams at 4:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Akron comes in on four and Merino on 20.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Akron had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 45-33.
Kashlee Randel and Kinsey Grauer were among the main playmakers for Akron as the former scored seven points along with seven assists and seven steals and the latter scored 18 points along with seven rebounds. Randel hasn't dropped below four steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ann Marie Stahn, who scored five points.
Meanwhile, Merino can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 73-33 win over Haxtun on the road. Given Merino's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Haxtun is ranked 234th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Akron pushed their record up to 12-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Merino, their win bumped their record up to 20-0.
Akron suffered a grim 50-26 defeat to Merino in their previous meeting on February 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Merino's Kya Piel, who scored 14 points along with eight assists and seven rebounds. Now that Akron knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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