The Elmira Express will challenge the Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Elmira comes in on five and Our Lady of Lourdes on 15.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Elmira had no problem doing just that on Friday. They walked away with a 51-38 victory over the Hawks. Given Elmira's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while Corning-Painted Post is ranked 448th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elmira relied on the efforts of Mariah Matias, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Ellie Clearwater, who scored 21 points along with four steals. Matias has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last 17 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Ashaya Wallace, who scored two points along with eight rebounds and five assists.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of Lourdes didn't have too much trouble with Kingston at home on Thursday as they won 56-39.
Elmira has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Our Lady of Lourdes, their win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-1.
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