The Mariner Tritons will venture away from home to challenge the Estero Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mariner has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Estero will arrive with six straight victories.
Last Monday, Mariner was beaten by Oasis 54-25. While losing is never fun, the Tritons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 463rd, while the Sharks are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, Estero was able to grind out a solid win over Ida Baker on Tuesday, taking the game 60-47.
Mariner better focus on containing Amiya Lewis and Callie Hall as the pair were huge in Estero's win. Lewis went 10 of 22 on her way to 22 points and seven rebounds, while Hall went 7 of 11 on her way to 14 points and seven rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Lewis has scored at least a third of Estero's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordyn Vaill, who posted nine points.
Estero smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive boards. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Estero's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for Mariner, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Mariner opened the new year with a less-than-successful 43-31 loss to Estero. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lewis, who put up 28 points and eight rebounds. Now that Mariner knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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