It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Fredericksburg Christian Eagles can now relate to. They took a 61-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chargers on Tuesday. Fredericksburg Christian has not had much luck with Oakcrest recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Despite the loss, Fredericksburg Christian still got an impressive performance from Layna Thomas, who scored 17 points along with five assists and four steals. That was a full 34% of Fredericksburg Christian's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Amri Donado, who scored 13 points along with six rebounds and five steals.
It was another big night for Kate Newsome, who scored 26 points along with eight rebounds and three steals for Oakcrest. Newsome has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Catherine Dunch, who scored 15 points along with five steals.
Fredericksburg Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Oakcrest, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Fredericksburg Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Oakcrest, they will head out on the road to face off against Seton at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Oakcrest will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 240th, while Seton is ranked 84th).
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