The McGill-Toolen Yellowjackets will square off against the Booker T. Washington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. McGill-Toolen will be strutting in after a win while Booker T. Washington will be coming in after a loss.
McGill-Toolen took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They came out on top against Meridian by a score of 34-23.
Meanwhile, Booker T. Washington is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Hancock. Booker T. Washington fell just short of Hancock by a score of 30-27. The game marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
McGill-Toolen will have to keep a close watch on Mikerria Bonner and Chamiah Francis, a pair of players who had a big impact on Booker T. Washington's prior game. Bonner posted 11 points and four steals, while Francis scored 11 points and eight rebounds. That's the most steals Bonner has posted since back in November of 2023.
McGill-Toolen's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Booker T. Washington, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
McGill-Toolen suffered a grim 43-23 defeat to Booker T. Washington in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Francis, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. Now that McGill-Toolen 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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