The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans will take on the Guilderland Flying Dutchmen at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with nine straight defeats, while Guilderland will come in with four straight victories.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Shaker on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was beaten by Shaker 69-30. The Spartans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 41-19.
Meanwhile, Guilderland won against La Salle Institute last Friday with 67 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Tuesday. Guilderland breezed by Greenville to the tune of 67-31. That looming 67-31 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Flying Dutchmen yet this season.
Guilderland's win came from a few key players Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Brooke Lilley, who went 6 for 15 on her way to 17 points. The contest was her sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Christina Williams, who went 5 of 8 on her way to 14 points.
Guilderland smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 15 offensive rebounds in four consecutive games.
Guilderland pushed their record up to 5-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake suffered a grim 60-38 defeat to Guilderland when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lilley, who posted 21 points in addition to five assists and five boards. Now that Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake 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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