The Orange Park Raiders will square off against the Fleming Island Golden Eagles on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Orange Park played against St. Augustine and won via forfeit.
Orange Park will be up against a hot Fleming Island squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. Fleming Island really took it to Clay for the full four quarters, racking up a 46-11 victory. The team ran away with 35 points in the first half and mostly just sat on those to pick up the win.
Orange Park better focus on containing Seven Gourdet and Gianna Crawford as the pair were huge in Fleming Island's win. Gourdet went 6 for 8 on her way to 12 points, while Crawford posted seven points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Amira Martin was another key player, putting up six points and six boards.
Fleming Island was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Clay only posted one assist.
Fleming Island has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.6 points per game. As for Orange Park, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 14-11.
Everything went Orange Park's way against Fleming Island when the teams last played back in January, as Orange Park made off with a 57-31 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orange Park since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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