The Brush Beetdiggers will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Holyoke Dragons at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Brush focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 15 on Friday.
Brush is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Sterling. Brush snuck past Sterling with a 45-40 win.
Sarah Becker had a dynamite game for Brush, going 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 22 points. The dominant performance gave Becker a new career-high in threes. Another player making a difference was Jocelynn Middlemist, who had six points in addition to nine rebounds.
Brush smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Holyoke just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 73-41 loss at the hands of Burlington. The Dragons were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-17.
Brush suffered a grim 69-45 defeat to Holyoke in their previous matchup back in January of 2021. Thankfully for Brush, Kristin Vieselmeyer (who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 18 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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