With a playoff game on the line, the Casteel Colts rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Hawks and snuck past 48-45. The victory was just what Casteel needed coming off of a 60-33 defeat in their prior contest.
Jackie Rosado continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Casteel's points. Another player making a difference was Ava Lewis, who scored six points along with nine rebounds and eight blocks.
Buckeye lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kiria Avila escarcega, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Avila escarcega hasn't dropped below two steals for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabel Ramirez, who scored five points along with 12 rebounds and two steals.
Casteel's victory bumped their record up to 19-10. As for Buckeye, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 18-10.
Casteel will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Williams Field at 7:00 p.m. on February 24th. Hopefully Casteel focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Thursday. Buckeye does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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