Brookfield East and Germantown are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Brookfield East Spartans' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Germantown Warhawks at 7:00 p.m. on February 29th. Brookfield East has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Brookfield East had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Everything went their way against the as they made off with a 77-54 victory. Brookfield East has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Germantown had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.1 points), and they went ahead and made it nine on Saturday. They snuck past Homestead with a 85-79 win. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Germantown's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Lucy Leininger led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds. Leininger is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Madeline Jakusz was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 16 rebounds.
Brookfield East's victory bumped their record up to 21-4. As for Germantown, they pushed their record up to 21-5 with that victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season.
Brookfield East came up short against Germantown when the teams last played last Friday, falling 77-69. Can Brookfield East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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