You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Essex's strategy against Charles City on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Essex Trojans blew the Charles City Panthers out of the water with a 56-21 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Trojans had established a 28 point advantage.
Leading Essex to victory were Morgan Self and Amani Brown. Self dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 rebounds, while Brown went 7 for 16 en route to 14 points plus eight rebounds and eight steals. Self is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last 15 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Makiryn Williams, who had seven points plus seven rebounds and two steals.
Essex was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
The victory got Essex back to even at 1-1. As for Charles City, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
Essex will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on Caroline at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Charles City has already played their next contest, a 31-29 win against Northumberland on the 5th.
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