The East Palestine Bulldogs won the last time they faced the Toronto Red Knights, and things went their way on Wednesday too. East Palestine walked away with a 30-23 win over Toronto. The win made it back-to-back wins for East Palestine.
East Palestine can attribute much of their success to Leila Martin, who scored 12 points along with four steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Martin has scored at least a third of East Palestine's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alivia Magness, who scored six points along with five rebounds and two steals.
When it comes to explaining why Toronto lost, one person who can't be blamed is Ashton Thomas. Despite the final result, she scored five points along with nine rebounds and three blocks. Thomas has been hot recently, having posted nine or more rebounds the last ten times she's played. Another player making a difference was Callie Anderson, who scored three points along with five rebounds.
The win got East Palestine back to even at 10-10. As for Toronto, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-14.
East Palestine will stay at home for another game and welcome Southern at 5:00 p.m. on February 10th. Hopefully East Palestine focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Wednesday. As for Toronto, they will head out on the road to take on Malvern at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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