The St. Francis Troubadours will take on the Vanden Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Francis comes in on four and Vanden on three.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only St. Francis walked away with it. They took down the Tigers 50-36 on Wednesday.
St. Francis' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Chidera Okoye led the charge by scoring eight points along with nine steals and eight rebounds. Okoye is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last five games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tayli Paeu-Lindgren, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Vanden stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Ceres 75-32 at home. Given Vanden's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Ceres is ranked 383rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Francis is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-13 record this season. As for Vanden, they pushed their record up to 21-8 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
St. Francis might still be hurting after the 68-48 defeat they got from Vanden when the teams last played back in December of 2018. Can St. Francis avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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