The Forest Park Bruins will take on the Woodbridge Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Forest Park is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Wednesday. They came up short against Mountain View, falling 50-30.
Meanwhile, Woodbridge lost 64-42 to Gainesville on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Cardinals are ranked 92nd).
Despite the loss, Woodbridge saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Maia Melendez posted 21 points. That was a full 50% of Woodbridge's points, marking the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Ayanna Porter was another key player, putting up six points in addition to 11 boards and three steals.
Woodbridge's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Forest Park, their loss dropped their record down to 3-18.
Forest Park was dealt a bruising 65-36 defeat at the hands of Woodbridge in their previous meeting back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Forest Park was down 44-15.
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