The St. Joseph Central Irish's road trip will continue as they head out to face the James Monroe Mavericks at 9:00 p.m. on March 6th. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Joseph Central had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Rebels with a sharp 54-34 win. Given St. Joseph Central's advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Tolsia is ranked 92nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Joseph Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mariah Johnson, who scored 16 points along with six rebounds and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Johnson has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Gallion, who scored 11 points along with six assists and five steals.
Meanwhile, James Monroe waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins but they left with five. They claimed a resounding 72-24 victory over Meadow Bridge at home. Winning is a bit easier when you work as a team to rack up 15 more assists than your opponent, as James Monroe did.
James Monroe's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Mya Dunlap, who scored 21 points along with six rebounds, and Maggie Boroski, who scored 20 points along with seven steals. Boroski has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Mary Beth Meadows, who scored six points along with 11 assists and seven steals.
St. Joseph Central is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for James Monroe, their victory was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8.
Fans should be in for an exciting game on Wednesday as the two teams are among the highest scoring teams in the league right now. St. Joseph Central hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 55.2 points per game. However, it's not like James Monroe struggles in that department as they've been averaging 64 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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