Hurricane has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Parkersburg Big Reds at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
A well-balanced attack led Hurricane over Riverside in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Hurricane blew Riverside out of the water with a 58-25 final score. Hurricane pushed the score to 44-16 by the end of the third, a deficit Riverside had little chance of recovering from.
Hurricane's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Alexandra Anderson, who scored 17 points along with four steals, and Kendall Anderson, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. Anderson hasn't dropped below 17 points for three straight games. Gabby Quijano was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Parkersburg had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.7 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top against Huntington by a score of 68-61.
Trinity Balog continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Parkersburg's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Audriana Medina, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Hurricane's win bumped their record up to 10-12. As for Parkersburg, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Hurricane have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 29.5 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Parkersburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 32.1 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Hurricane took a serious blow against Parkersburg in their previous meeting back in January, falling 86-52. Can Hurricane avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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