Fife is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Eatonville is on a six-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Fife Trojans will welcome the Eatonville Cruisers at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Fife took their contest with ease, bagging a 64-24 win over Foss. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Falcons are ranked 344th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Eatonville humbled Franklin Pierce with a 75-30 victory.
Fife better keep an eye on Bailey Andersen. She was instrumental in Eatonville's win, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 11 assists. The matchup was Andersen's 11th in a row with at least ten points. Lillian Bickford was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Eatonville was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now posted at least 24 assists in five consecutive games.
Fife has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.9 points per game. As for Eatonville, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2.
Fife ended up a good deal behind Eatonville when the teams last played back in January, losing 55-39. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Andersen, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Now that Fife knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
