It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the River Valley Panthers had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Dragons 58-29 at home. River Valley has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 26 points or more this season.
Ava Persichetti continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 24 points along with six assists and five rebounds. She hasn't dropped below two steals for 12 straight games. Another player making a difference was Alessia LaMantia, who scored 14 points along with three steals.
River Valley has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Central, they dropped their record down to 10-12 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
River Valley will challenge Westmont Hilltop at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully River Valley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Thursday. Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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