It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Marietta Blue Devils can now relate to. They suffered a rough 68-45 loss at the hands of the Spartans on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Marietta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 85th, while Campbell is ranked 19th).
Marietta lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kayla Day, who scored 17 points along with three steals. Day has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last seven times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Elisa Malone, who scored 11 points along with three steals.
Marietta struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Campbell racked up 21 assists.
Campbell's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Saniya Binion, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds. Binion hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games. Another player making a difference was Brooke Suttle, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds.
Marietta has not been sharp recently as the team has lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-12 record this season. As for Campbell, their victory was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 21-7.
Marietta does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Campbell, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Colquitt County at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Campbell focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Wednesday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
