Two dominant guards in Jasmine Germany and Alyssa Fitzgerald are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Friendly Patriots and the Georgetown Visitation Prep Cubs will round out the year against one another at at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. Friendly's defense has only allowed 27.8 points per game this season, so Georgetown Visitation Prep's offense will have their work cut out for them.
While Friendly didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Chesapeake Math & IT Academy North with a 27-22 win on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Georgetown Visitation Prep on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Connelly School of the Holy Child out of the water with a 54-19 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-12.
Georgetown Visitation Prep's win came from a few key players Friendly will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Fitzgerald, who posted 12 points. She has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last six times she's played. Jocelyn Gill was another key player, putting up nine points along with five boards and three steals.
Georgetown Visitation Prep was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
The victory (which was Georgetown Visitation Prep's third in a row) raised their record to 6-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Friendly, their record now sits at 5-1.
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